7.4/10173 votes#1 - PIECE OF CAKE
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 1/7/2023
Frivolous Kazuki and stoic Rei take on a job at Christmas that will change their lives forever.
Director: Tomoaki Ohta
Writer: Yuko Kakihara
7.5/10163 votes#2 - THE KISS OF DEATH
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 1/14/2023
The assassins' life with their new charge is no walk in the park... especially when a new job comes up!
Director: Tokihiro Sasaki
Writer: Yuko Kakihara
8.3/10168 votes#3 - SPICE OF LIFE
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 1/21/2023
The guys decide it's time to say goodbye to Miri as they take her back to her mother... but there'll be one last time on the playground first.
Director: Shinya Kawatsura
Writer: Yuko Kakihara
8.2/10150 votes#4 - WHAT WILL BE, WILL BE
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 1/28/2023
Taking care of Miri is a full-time job, but the boys may have found their salvation: Daycare! But enrolling her won't be as easy as it looks...
Director: Masakazu Takahashi
Writer: Yuko Kakihara
7.9/10144 votes#5 - CRUNCH TIME
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 2/4/2023
Despite their (eventual) daycare triumph, Miri's presence is putting a crimp on the buddies' finances. Looks like it's time to take on a few jobs...
Director: Tetsuo Ichimura
Writer: Yuko Kakihara
7.8/10131 votes#6 - LOVE IS BLIND
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 2/11/2023
Kazuki is determined to be a more attentive parent to Miri. But investigating a fight she got into at daycare might put him on her black list!
Director: Tatsuya Sasaki
Writer: Yuko Kakihara
8.3/10145 votes#7 - AFTER RAIN COMES FAIR WEATHER
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 2/18/2023
A change in season dredges up bad memories for Kazuki, who's already feeling overworked and unappreciated at home.
Director: Mitsutaka Noshitani
Writer: Yasuhiro Nakanishi
8.2/10133 votes#8 - NOTHING SEEK, NOTHING FIND
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 2/25/2023
A trip home for Rei leads to an uncomfortable ultimatum issued by his hitman father. Meanwhile, Kazuki and Miri are preparing a surprise...
Director: Tokihiro Sasaki, Akira Takamura, Yoshiyuki Asai
Writer: Yasuhiro Nakanishi
7.9/10107 votes#9 - NO SWEET WITHOUT SWEAT
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 3/11/2023
When Miri's daycare holds a field day, each of the buddies work at encouraging her in their own way.
Director: Tokihiro Sasaki
Writer: Yuko Kakihara
8.3/1059 votes#10 - LOST AT SEA
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 3/18/2023
An unexpected encounter at the daycare leads Kazuki and Rei to seriously reconsider their guardianship of Miri.
Director: Hayato Sakai
Writer: Yuko Kakihara
8.4/10128 votes#11 - EVERYONE WILL BE HYPOCRITES
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 3/25/2023
While adjusting to life without Miri, Kazuki and Rei find themselves facing a new challenge...
Director: Masakazu Takahashi, Yuri Hagiwara
Writer: Yasuhiro Nakanishi
8.4/10120 votes#12 - Daughter Daddies
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 4/1/2023
Miri sings at the Christmas party, while Kazuki and Rei decide to settle matters with the organization.
Director: Tomoaki Ohta
Writer: N/A
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Season 1 Ratings Summary
"PIECE OF CAKE" is the best rated episode of "Buddy Daddies" season 1. It scored 7.4/10 based on 173 votes. Directed by Tomoaki Ohta and written by Yuko Kakihara, it aired on 1/7/2023. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "THE KISS OF DEATH".