8.7/10103 votes#1 - Beginnings of War
Season 5 Episode 1 - Aired 4/10/2024
Kotori and the others gathered on the bridge of Fraxinus learn that Kurumi has traveled back in time 204 times to try to save Shido. Shido also tries to search his memories to learn who Mio Takamiya is, but...
Director: Jiro Arimoto
Writer: Fumihiko Shimo
8.5/1089 votes#2 - Final Respite
Season 5 Episode 2 - Aired 4/17/2024
The crew of Fraxinus sets about preparing for their battle against DEM with haste and high morale. The Spirits work hard to prepare snacks in order to encourage Shido and everyone else as the decisive battle draws closer by the hour...
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8.9/10100 votes#3 - The Spirit's Resurrection
Season 5 Episode 3 - Aired 4/24/2024
A full-scale confrontation between Shido and his friends Ratatoskr and DEM has begun. Kurumi and her clone, AST led by Ryoko Kusabe, join them, and as the battle intensifies, Shido confronts a horde of pseudo-Spirits, Nibeelcole.
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8.7/1098 votes#4 - The Spirit of Origin
Season 5 Episode 4 - Aired 5/1/2024
A certain time, a certain place. Shinji Takamiya encounters a spatial earthquake, but finds a girl at the scene. She remembers almost nothing about herself. Shinji gives her the name Mio and she goes to live with him and his younger sister, Mana.
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8.9/1094 votes#5 - Mother Mio
Season 5 Episode 5 - Aired 5/8/2024
Shido is flooded with memories as the girl named Mio Takamiya stands before him. She was the person with whom Shido once shared his feelings when he was Shinji Takamiya. Meanwhile, Kotori and the others learn of Reine's true identity.
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8.7/1087 votes#6 - The Three Magi
Season 5 Episode 6 - Aired 5/15/2024
As Shido rushes to the Spirits' side, Westcott blocks his path. Meanwhile, Tohka and the others find themselves overwhelmed and powerless before Mio's manifested Angel, Ein Sof Ohr.
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8.8/1090 votes#7 - The World Tree Sheds Leaves
Season 5 Episode 7 - Aired 5/22/2024
Many spirits were exhausted by Mio's Ein Sof Ohr and collapsed. Kotori directs Fraxinus toward Mio and fires her spirit cannon, Gungnir, but...
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9.0/10101 votes#8 - The One Who Pulled the Trigger
Season 5 Episode 8 - Aired 5/29/2024
Shido is shocked when Mio tells him that all the Spirits are dead. Stunned and unable to move, Mio nearly wipes his memories as Shido, but there is still one Spirit who's survived.
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8.7/1079 votes#9 - A "Second" Date
Season 5 Episode 9 - Aired 6/5/2024
Shido returns to a time before the final battle with DEM began, when no one has died yet. In order to avoid repeating the same future, Shido asks Reine out on a date. After hearing the story from Shido, Kotori and the Spirits support their date.
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8.6/1078 votes#10 - A Battlefield That Shouldn't Be Possible
Season 5 Episode 10 - Aired 6/12/2024
As Shido's date with Reine is winding down, Reine comes to the realization that history has been rewritten. With DEM approaching, Kurumi arrives at their location to aid Shido.
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8.7/1076 votes#11 - A Fleeting Paradise
Season 5 Episode 11 - Aired 6/19/2024
Kurumi manages to survive Mio's assault and the other Spirits arrive to aid Shido. Realizing why he failed to seal Mio previously, Shido plans to kiss her again and this time make her choose him over Shinji.
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8.5/1068 votes#12 - And The One She Chooses Is
Season 5 Episode 12 - Aired 6/26/2024
While Shido and Mio face each other and convey their feelings, Westcott activates his terrifying ritual. Can Shido and the others stop his plot from achieving fruition?
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The Best Episodes of Date a Live Season 5
Every episode of Date a Live Season 5 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Date a Live Season 5!
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Season 5 Ratings Summary
"Beginnings of War" is the best rated episode of "Date a Live" season 5. It scored 8.7/10 based on 103 votes. Directed by Jiro Arimoto and written by Fumihiko Shimo, it aired on 4/10/2024. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "Final Respite".