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Thirty years ago a strange phenomenon called a "spacequake" devastated the center of Eurasia, claiming the lives of at least 150 million people. Since then, smaller spacequakes plague the world on an irregular basis. Shido

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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    Date A Live Season 5 Episode 2 - Final Respite
    0.0/10(146 votes)

    #1 - Final Respite

    S5:E2

    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...

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Date A Live Season 5 Episode 3 - The Spirit's Resurrection
    0.0/10(160 votes)

    #2 - The Spirit's Resurrection

    S5:E3

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Date A Live Season 5 Episode 4 - The Spirit of Origin
    0.0/10(166 votes)

    #3 - The Spirit of Origin

    S5:E4

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Date A Live Season 5 Episode 5 - Mother Mio
    0.0/10(159 votes)

    #4 - Mother Mio

    S5:E5

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Date A Live Season 5 Episode 6 - The Three Magi
    0.0/10(146 votes)

    #5 - The Three Magi

    S5:E6

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Date A Live Season 5 Episode 7 - The World Tree Sheds Leaves
    0.0/10(151 votes)

    #6 - The World Tree Sheds Leaves

    S5:E7

    Many spirits were exhausted by Mio's Ein Sof Ohr and collapsed. Kotori directs Fraxinus toward Mio and fires her spirit cannon, Gungnir, but...

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Date A Live Season 5 Episode 8 - The One Who Pulled the Trigger
    0.0/10(208 votes)

    #7 - The One Who Pulled the Trigger

    S5:E8

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Date A Live Season 5 Episode 9 - A "Second" Date
    0.0/10(140 votes)

    #8 - A "Second" Date

    S5:E9

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Date A Live Season 5 Episode 10 - A Battlefield That Shouldn't Be Possible
    0.0/10(142 votes)

    #9 - A Battlefield That Shouldn't Be Possible

    S5:E10

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Date A Live Season 5 Episode 11 - A Fleeting Paradise
    0.0/10(146 votes)

    #10 - A Fleeting Paradise

    S5:E11

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Date A Live Season 5 Episode 12 - And the One She Chooses Is
    0.0/10(152 votes)

    #11 - And the One She Chooses Is

    S5:E12

    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?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Date A Live Season 4 Episode 12 - Cycle of Salvation
    5.0/10(292 votes)

    #12 - Cycle of Salvation

    S4:E12

    Driven by her resolve to erase the Spirit of Origin from existence, Kurumi is fighting a battle of her own. And at long last, the identity of Phantom is revealed.

    Director:Hiroyuki Kambe
    Writer:Fumihiko Shimo

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  13. Date A Live Season 2 Episode 9 - The Truth About Miku
    5.8/10(192 votes)

    #13 - The Truth About Miku

    S2:E9

    Shido almost got caught until Miku makes an entry as she commands the Spirits to join the battlefield just to collect Tohka. Origami in a convention suit partners with Mana. While Shido and Miku argue, he reveals that Kurumi learned how Miku acquire her Spirit power from Phantom (like Kotori), she finally tells that she used to be a splendid singer Tsukino Yoimachi, but one day she rejected a TV producer's career offer due to disgrace, then bad rumors spread with no help from her agency and fans, she tried to reconnect with her fans, but suffers psychogenic aphonia, resulting in her losing her voice; this cause Miku to tension condemn humanity. Shido vows to keep his promise. Origami, Ratatoskr, terrorizes the territory to subdue Ellen. Westcott makes his appearance when Shido and Miku find Tohka. Shido is stabbed by Ellen with Tohka watching she goes berserk.

    Director:Keitaro Motonaga
    Writer:Hideki Shirane

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  14. Date A Live Season 2 Episode 10 - Inversion
    5.8/10(193 votes)

    #14 - Inversion

    S2:E10

    Tohka is born into a negative form with her counterpart sword Qliphoth and has no memory. Mana and Jessica reach the concluded battle. Jessica, dying in Mana's arms, tells how she always felt jealous and wanted to become strong for the DEM, Mana made her decision to dishonor Westcott. Westcott decides to retreat, although he briefly calls Shido "Takamiya". Tohka launches brutal attacks then Miku becomes vulnerable. Yoshino, Yoshinon, Kaguya, and Yuzuru regain their sanity. Shido took the hit to protect Miku. Tohka swings the sword of demise on the city, Shido flies towards her reminding her of him; dropping the Sandalphon, he seals her power once more with a kiss restoring her. Kurumi continue her search for the captive Spirit. The next day, Miku who is happy trusting Shido she purposely kisses him sealing her power much less her clothes. Miku invites everyone to listen to her latest concert then announces to her "darling" stunning the crowd and Shido. His competition among the girls' affection continues.

    Director:Keitaro Motonaga
    Writer:Hideki Shirane

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  15. Date A Live Season 2 Episode 2 - Hurricane Children
    6.1/10(191 votes)

    #15 - Hurricane Children

    S2:E2

    After a very awkward moment in Shido's class where Tohka tries switching genders in an effort to bunk with Shido, the class goes on a field trip to Arubi Island. During the entire trip, Origami and Tohka end up constantly annoying Shido in an effort to win his affections. Meanwhile DEM Industries, an organization with an interest in spirits begins stalking Tohka. Some time later, a massive hurricane appears out of nowhere while Shido and Tohka are on a stroll. Three trash cans strike Tohka, knocking her out in the process while two spirits viciously battle overhead. When Shido tries to intervene, the twin spirits Yuzuru and Kaguya decide that their next battle will be over winning Shido's heart to the latter's dismay. When the two girls follow Shido back to the class holding his arms, Origami becomes enraged over her new competition. As Shido's teacher tries to arrange the girls to be students in the class, Kaguya and Yuzuru explain that they were once one spirit named Yamai and that their contests are in an effort to find out whose personality will stay when the girls fuse and become Yamai once more. Later that day, an incident occurs when the twins drag Shido into the men's bath in an effort to sexually seduce him. Things get worse when Tohka shows up along with the rest of the class.

    Director:Kaoru Suzuki
    Writer:Hideki Shirane

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  16. Date A Live Season 2 Episode 3 - Two Requests
    6.1/10(188 votes)

    #16 - Two Requests

    S2:E3

    The twin spirits, still trying to seduce Shido, start cuddling up to Shido completely naked in bed. The situation worsens when one of his teachers walks in on the mess. Later, Shido plans to seal the Yamai twins' powers without letting one of them win in an effort to avoid both the unpredictability of the loser and what would happen to the loser's personality. During their contest, they have Shido coat their backs in suntan lotion ending up turned on from the application. Later, the Yamai sisters team up with Shido to take on Tohka and Origami in a volleyball game in which the winner is the former's team. During the afternoon, Origami is ambushed by a strange mech-like being.

    Director:Daisuke Tsukushi
    Writer:Hideki Shirane

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  17. Date A Live Season 1 Episode 4 - Sullen Rain
    6.7/10(222 votes)

    #17 - Sullen Rain

    S1:E4

    Shido encounters the mysterious "Hermit" one rainy day, and Tohka and Origami fight over Shido at school.

    Director:Keitaro Motonaga
    Writer:Hideki Shirane

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  18. Date A Live Season 1 Episode 2 - Another Close Encounter
    6.8/10(236 votes)

    #18 - Another Close Encounter

    S1:E2

    Shido practices making women fall in love with him and has another encounter with the Spirit "Princess".

    Director:Takashi Ando
    Writer:Hideki Shirane

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  19. Date A Live Season 1 Episode 3 - For the Sky and the Sword
    6.9/10(243 votes)

    #19 - For the Sky and the Sword

    S1:E3

    With the support of Ratatoskr, Shido goes on a date with Tohka as Origami watches from afar.

    Director:Takashi Ando
    Writer:Hideki Shirane

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  20. Date A Live Season 1 Episode 5 - Frozen Ground
    6.9/10(220 votes)

    #20 - Frozen Ground

    S1:E5

    Shido goes to Origami's apartment to look for Hermit's puppet, Yoshinon, who was lost during the last fight, and Tohka talks with Reine about her feelings for Shido.

    Director:Keitaro Motonaga
    Writer:Hideki Shirane

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  21. Date A Live Season 1 Episode 9 - Frenzied Nightmare
    7.0/10(233 votes)

    #21 - Frenzied Nightmare

    S1:E9

    Shido and the others face off against "Nightmare", and they receive some unexpected help.

    Director:Kaoru Suzuki
    Writer:Jin Tanaka

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  22. Date A Live Season 3 Episode 3 - You're Natsumi
    7.0/10(180 votes)

    #22 - You're Natsumi

    S3:E3

    Shido is losing his head and losing friends faster with each passing day of Natsumi's game. But when it's all over, he may have a little problem on his hands.

    Directors:Makoto Sokuza, Kohei Hatano, Nana Harada
    Writer:Hideki Shirane

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  23. Date A Live Season 4 Episode 2 - So Be It! 2D It Is!
    7.0/10(179 votes)

    #23 - So Be It! 2D It Is!

    S4:E2

    Shido tries to woo Nia whose heart is firmly set on 2D. In order to get Nia to read their manga, the crew challenges her to see who can sell more copies at Comico.

    Director:Yukio Kuroda
    Writer:Fumihiko Shimo

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  24. Date A Live Season 4 Episode 5 - Fairy Tale
    7.0/10(176 votes)

    #24 - Fairy Tale

    S4:E5

    Trapped by Beelzebub in a world of fiction, the crew is desperate to escape. But without their powers to aid them, they're at the mercy of the story they're inside.

    Director:Masahiko Watanabe
    Writer:Fumihiko Shimo

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  25. Date A Live Season 3 Episode 1 - The Seventh Spirit
    7.5/10(186 votes)

    #25 - The Seventh Spirit

    S3:E1

    Shido meets a pretty trickster that loves to get compliments. He also runs amok at the school doing one naughty thing after another. Or does he?

    Director:Makoto Sokuza
    Writer:Hideki Shirane

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Worst Episodes Summary

"Final Respite" is the worst rated episode of "Date A Live". It scored /10 based on 146 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 4/17/2024. This episode scored 0.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "The Spirit's Resurrection".