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The Best Episodes of Guilty Crown Season 1

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

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The story revolves around Shu Ouma, a high school boy who inadvertently obtains an ability called "The Power of the Kings" that enables him to draw out items called "Voids" from other people. He is

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Guilty Crown Season 1 Episode 1 - Genesis
    6.7/10(140 votes)

    #1 - Genesis

    S1:E1

    Shu enters his hideout for a quiet lunch only to find Inori, his #1 musical crush, bleeding on the floor. After he fails to stop her pursuers from hurting her more, his one shot at self-respect is to deliver a strange vial she stole to her terrorist pals.

    Director:Tetsuro Araki
    Writer:Hiroyuki Yoshino

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  2. Guilty Crown Season 1 Episode 2 - Survival of the Fittest
    6.9/10(121 votes)

    #2 - Survival of the Fittest

    S1:E2

    Now that Shu has the king’s power, he doesn’t get to sit on the sidelines anymore. Gai thrusts him straight into the thick of a battle between Funeral Parlor and the Anti Bodies--and the lives of over 100 hostages are on the line.

    Director:Hiroyuki Tanaka
    Writer:Hiroyuki Yoshino

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  3. Guilty Crown Season 1 Episode 3 - Void-Sampling
    6.8/10(116 votes)

    #3 - Void-Sampling

    S1:E3

    Inori’s everywhere Shu goes for some reason, and it’s starting to fry his brain. But there’s no time to worry about it, because it turns out one of Shu’s classmates witnessed their terrorist action in Roppongi, and Gai’s put him in charge of the problem.

    Director:Taku Yonebayashi
    Writer:Hiroyuki Yoshino

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  4. Guilty Crown Season 1 Episode 4 - Flux
    7.3/10(110 votes)

    #4 - Flux

    S1:E4

    Shu learns confusing things about Funeral Parlor’s agenda in GHQ custody, and it doesn’t help that Gai refuses to answer any questions--or that he breaks into GHQ to rescue not Shu, but a known murderer. Without any straight answers, who can Shu trust?

    Director:Ryotaro Makihara
    Writer:Hiroyuki Yoshino

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  5. Guilty Crown Season 1 Episode 5 - Preparation
    6.8/10(113 votes)

    #5 - Preparation

    S1:E5

    Gai's come up with a new mission, but before Shu can officially join the team, he has to show that he measures up by winning a mock battle against Ayase's Endlave. Time for basic training! But can Shu concentrate on combat after Inori turns him down?

    Director:Daisuke Tokudo
    Writer:Hiroyuki Yoshino

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  6. Guilty Crown Season 1 Episode 6 - Leukocytes
    7.2/10(106 votes)

    #6 - Leukocytes

    S1:E6

    A change in circumstances forces Funeral Parlor to carry out their attack against the Leucocyte with drastically reduced manpower, and that's BEFORE Shu pulls out of the mission. Still, learning a few new things about Gai just might change his mind.

    Director:Shinpei Ezaki
    Writer:Hiroyuki Yoshino

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  7. Guilty Crown Season 1 Episode 7 - Temptation
    7.1/10(107 votes)

    #7 - Temptation

    S1:E7

    Shu's mother finally comes home, only to find her son living with a girl and an underwear-transporting robot. Elsewhere, a key strategic asset for Funeral Parlor is being targeted by a missile-happy American who's just joined GHQ.

    Director:Yoshihiro Mori
    Writer:Ichiro Okouchi

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  8. Guilty Crown Season 1 Episode 8 - Courtship Behavior
    6.7/10(105 votes)

    #8 - Courtship Behavior

    S1:E8

    Gai sends Shu on a mission to Oshima, where he hopes to find "the rock that started it all." Shu's whole school club gets a free vacation as his cover, but using other people for his own ends still doesn't sit well with him.

    Director:Yoshiyuki Fujiwara
    Writer:Jin Haganeya

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  9. Guilty Crown Season 1 Episode 9 - Prey
    7.4/10(100 votes)

    #9 - Prey

    S1:E9

    Yahiro reappears with Jun, who's in Stage V Apocalypse disease and can no longer battle the cancer. With Gai out of town, Shu's left to make a command decision. But he AND the enemy are about to learn the virus doesn't work the way they think it does...

    Director:Taku Yonebayashi
    Writer:Ichiro Okouchi

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  10. Guilty Crown Season 1 Episode 10 - Retraction
    7.3/10(100 votes)

    #10 - Retraction

    S1:E10

    Shu's having horrible flashbacks, both to images of his battle with Jun and to other, even more upsetting images that soon have him quitting Funeral Parlor and alienating the people in his life.

    Director:Hiroyuki Tanaka
    Writer:Hiroyuki Yoshino

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  11. Guilty Crown Season 1 Episode 11 - Resonance
    7.6/10(100 votes)

    #11 - Resonance

    S1:E11

    GHQ is awash in blood, chaos and song. As the Cancer sweeps over Tokyo, Shu faces the truth about friendship and the consequences of inaction.

    Director:Ryotaro Makihara
    Writer:Ichiro Okouchi

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  12. Guilty Crown Season 1 Episode 12 - The Lost Christmas
    7.5/10(105 votes)

    #12 - The Lost Christmas

    S1:E12

    Inori's been kidnapped by forces intent on performing a secret ceremony, and the only way for Shu to get her back is to remember what really happened on December 24th, 2029.

    Director:Shinpei Ezaki
    Writer:Hiroyuki Yoshino

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  13. Guilty Crown Season 1 Episode 13 - Isolation
    7.1/10(101 votes)

    #13 - Isolation

    S1:E13

    Two weeks after the sealing of Mana, Shu and his friends are now cut off from their families and from all of society as GHQ completely blockades off the heart of the city.

    Director:Yoshihiro Mori
    Writer:Jin Haganeya

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  14. Guilty Crown Season 1 Episode 14 - Election
    7.1/10(95 votes)

    #14 - Election

    S1:E14

    Rumors are flying about what's happening to people in the quarantine zone, and Arisa is losing control over the frenzied student body. To make matters worse, someone's let it slip that turning in members of Funeral Parlor might be their ticket to freedom.

    Director:Kiyoshi Fukumoto
    Writers:Hiroyuki Yoshino, Yosuke Miyagi

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  15. Guilty Crown Season 1 Episode 15 - Sacrifice
    7.6/10(106 votes)

    #15 - Sacrifice

    S1:E15

    Shu is conflicted about the Void ranking system, the student body is creaking under the tension, and vaccine stores are running low. At this rate, something--or someone--is going to snap.

    Director:Keisuke Onishi
    Writer:Ichiro Okouchi

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  16. Guilty Crown Season 1 Episode 16 - The Tyrant
    7.2/10(95 votes)

    #16 - The Tyrant

    S1:E16

    Welcome to Tokyo: a ravaged world under merciless totalitarian rule. More and more of Shu's old friends are seeing a side of him they never imagined possible... and Shu's about to see a new side of the Voids, too.

    Director:Taku Yonebayashi
    Writer:Hiroyuki Yoshino

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  17. Guilty Crown Season 1 Episode 17 - Exodus
    7.5/10(98 votes)

    #17 - Exodus

    S1:E17

    Discontent within the ranks of the school is reaching fever pitch as the Exodus approaches.

    Directors:Shinpei Ezaki, Tomoyuki Kurokawa
    Writer:Ichiro Okouchi

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  18. Guilty Crown Season 1 Episode 18 - Dear...
    7.2/10(97 votes)

    #18 - Dear...

    S1:E18

    Gai is back, but he doesn't seem like the man he was before. The Funeral Parlor regulars are in shock, Shu and Inori are in hiding, and Arisa's not having much luck winning friends on any side of this fight.

    Director:Naoko Kusumi
    Writer:Jin Haganeya

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  19. Guilty Crown Season 1 Episode 19 - Rebirth
    7.9/10(105 votes)

    #19 - Rebirth

    S1:E19

    Things have gone too far, and as a mother, it's up to Haruka to do something about it. But fortunately or unfortunately, no one in her life seems willing to let her--and she's not the only one who's made a decision.

    Director:Daisuke Tokudo
    Writer:Ichiro Okouchi

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  20. Guilty Crown Season 1 Episode 20 - A Diary
    7.4/10(97 votes)

    #20 - A Diary

    S1:E20

    Ten years ago on Christmas Eve, Mana, Shu, and Gai had a fateful encounter in a church. That’s the story we already know. The story we don’t know: where were their parents?

    Directors:Shinpei Ezaki, Keisuke Onishi
    Writer:Hiroyuki Yoshino

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  21. Guilty Crown Season 1 Episode 21 - Emergence
    7.5/10(96 votes)

    #21 - Emergence

    S1:E21

    As Funeral Parlor and the U.N. troops converge on Ward 24--for drastically different reasons--Inori hovers on the edge of becoming Mana. Meanwhile, the mysterious boy who first took her finally reveals his plans for Shu and Gai.

    Director:Ryotaro Makihara
    Writer:Hiroyuki Yoshino

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  22. Guilty Crown Season 1 Episode 22 - Convergence
    7.4/10(118 votes)

    #22 - Convergence

    S1:E22

    The Fourth Apocalypse is upon us.

    Directors:Tetsuro Araki, Hiroyuki Tanaka
    Writer:Hiroyuki Yoshino

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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"Genesis" is the best rated episode of "Guilty Crown" season 1. It scored 6.7/10 based on 140 votes. Directed by Tetsuro Araki and written by Hiroyuki Yoshino, it aired on 10/13/2011. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "Survival of the Fittest".