7.0/1085 votes#1 - The Last Hope
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 4/8/2014
Year 2031: Tokyo Area. Most of the human race has been wiped out by the parasitic Gastrea. Part of the Anti-Gastrea movement, high school student Satomi Rentaro works as a civil officer for Tendo Civil Securities. On a mission, he meets a suspicious man in a mask and a tuxedo: Hiruko Kagetane.
Director: Hiroshi Ikehata
Writer: Tatsuhiko Urahata
7.4/1075 votes#2 - The Mask of Madness
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 4/15/2014
Rentaro and President Kisara head to the Defense Ministry after being summoned. All of the reputable civil officers from the Tokyo Area show up there. The one who summoned them there is Seitenshi, in regards to destroying the host Gastrea and recovering the contents of the case that's inside the Gastrea.
Director: Shinya Iino
Writer: Tatsuhiko Urahata
7.2/1065 votes#3 - The Children of Fate
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 4/22/2014
Enju is treated like an outcast at her school when it is found out that she is one of the Cursed Children, who have the Gastrea virus within them. Despite her sadness, they go look for the host Gastrea. She gives it her all and instantly is able to recover the case...
Director: Hiroshi Ikehata
Writer: Tatsuhiko Urahata
7.9/1078 votes#4 - Black Bullet
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 4/29/2014
Hiruko instantly takes care of 29 civil officer pairs and comes face to face with Rentaro and Enju again. Rentaro shows his true power to Hiruko, proving that he's not the only one that was part of the New Human Creation Project and they battle again.
Director: Hiroshi Ikehata
Writer: Tatsuhiko Urahata
7.1/1062 votes#5 - The Crimson Black Assassin
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 5/6/2014
The Tendo Civil Security Agency gets a job from Seitenshi. The job is to act as her bodyguard. Rentaro isn't very fond of the idea, but notices odd activity when it's revealed that Seitenshi will be meeting with the head of the Osaka Area while Kikunojo is gone.
Director: Mitsuhiro Iwasaki
Writer: Tatsuhiko Urahata, Kurasumi Sunayama
7.1/1063 votes#6 - Tragic Irony
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 5/13/2014
Seitenshi's vehicle is hit by a sniper while she in enroute to her meeting. Rentaro realizes this is more than a mere assassination attempt and gets help from Miori to find out more about the attack.
Director: Yoshihiro Mori
Writer: Tatsuhiko Urahata, Sayaka Harada
7.2/1061 votes#7 - In the Still of the Moonlit Night, the Dawn Sky
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 5/20/2014
Rentaro gets hurt trying to protect Seitenshi from the sniper. The security plan that Seitenshi's bodyguards had set up were leaked to the sniper. Enju had gone after the sniper and falls into a coma.
Director: Hiroshi Ikehata
Writer: Tatsuhiko Urahata, Kurasumi Sunayama
7.0/1060 votes#8 - The Monument on the Border
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 5/27/2014
Rentaro had set up an outdoor classroom for the kids in the outer district and was enjoying class. Seitenshi suddenly appears and lets him know that one of the Monoliths is about to be destroyed.
Director: Kiyoshi Matsuda
Writer: Tatsuhiko Urahata
7.1/1060 votes#9 - The Protectors of the Barrier
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 6/3/2014
The monolith finally starts to turn white. In fear of the great destruction to follow, the people of the Tokyo Area start panicking. Meanwhile, the civil officers start gathering around Monolith 32.
Director: Shinya Iino
Writer: Tatsuhiko Urahata, Sayaka Harada
7.2/1059 votes#10 - Tokyo Area Defensive Battle
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 6/10/2014
Before the battle against Aldebaran, Rentaro and Enju enjoy the outdoor class with the girls of the Outer District. Because the girls have very little hope and are unsure of their future, Rentaro takes them to a place where humanity had won their last battle against the Gastrea. Only three days remain until the destruction of the Monolith.
Director: Mitsuhiro Iwasaki
Writer: Tatsuhiko Urahata, Sayaka Harada
6.9/1058 votes#11 - The Heart of Taurus, The Spear of Light
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 6/17/2014
The outdoor classroom is completely destroyed because of the bombing. Hope is starting to be destroyed along with the Monolith as the JASDF and Gastrea face off. However, the ones to show up at the civil officers' base were JASDF who had been turned into Gastrea themselves.
Director: Hiroshi Ikehata
Writer: Tatsuhiko Urahata, Kurasumi Sunayama
7.1/1061 votes#12 - Crisis Point
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 6/24/2014
Rentaro is condemned for a decision he made in battle, and is told that there is another Gastrea named Pleiades that is protecting the already supposedly immortal Aldebaran. Rentaro is forced to face the enemy alone, and is helped by someone rather unexpected: his enemy from the past.
Director: Kiyoshi Matsuda
Writer: Tatsuhiko Urahata, Kurasumi Sunayama
7.6/1070 votes#13 - The Ones Who Aspired to Be Gods
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 7/1/2014
With the addition of Kagetane and Kohina, the adjuvant is complete. They choose the Flames of Revolution, the last place humanity won their battle against the Gastrea, as the ground for the final battle against Aldebaran.
Director: Masayuki Kojima
Writer: Tatsuhiko Urahata
The Best Episodes of Black Bullet Season 1
Every episode of Black Bullet Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Black Bullet Season 1!
A near future, where humans have been defeated by the viral parasites named Gastrea. They have been exiled into a small territory and live in...
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Season 1 Ratings Summary
"The Last Hope" is the best rated episode of "Black Bullet" season 1. It scored 7/10 based on 85 votes. Directed by Hiroshi Ikehata and written by Tatsuhiko Urahata, it aired on 4/8/2014. This episode is rated 0.4 points higher than the second-best, "The Mask of Madness".