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Narumi Katou is a middle-aged man who suffers from the bizarre ZONAPHA Syndrome: a rare and inexplicable disease that causes its victims to endure severe seizures at random, with the only cure being to watch

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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    Karakuri Circus Season 1 Episode 24 - Escape
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #1 - Escape

    S1:E24

    Narumi and Ming-Xia defeat Blom Blom Low and Drill September. Ashihana spares Pantalone, who helps Guy. The Long-legged Clown Express rescues survivors, including “Harry.” Masaru and Lise chase Faceless’s airship.

    Director:Unknown
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  2. Karakuri Circus Season 1 Episode 25 - At Mont Saint-Michel
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    #2 - At Mont Saint-Michel

    S1:E25

    Masaru and Lise crash on Mont Saint-Michel. Aboard Faceless’s airship, Éléonore meets automata like Captain Graziano. On the island, Dr. Lao’s beasts attack, but Naya Steele helps Masaru after disabling Colombine. Masaru discovers the Shirogane-O’s human bodies.

    Director:Unknown
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  3. Karakuri Circus Season 1 Episode 26 - Animal Show
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    #3 - Animal Show

    S1:E26

    Lise tames Dr. Lao’s beasts, killing him. Faceless beats Éléonore to possess Masaru. Colombine shows Masaru the Shirogane-O’s bodies. Naya attacks, but Masaru disables her. Faceless confronts Masaru with new automata.

    Director:Unknown
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  4. Karakuri Circus Season 1 Episode 27 - Download
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    #4 - Download

    S1:E27

    Masaru fights Faceless’s automata with Harlequin. Lise and Colombine battle to stop Faceless’s rocket. Faceless tries to transfer his consciousness into Masaru but fails due to Masaru’s resistance.

    Director:Unknown
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  5. Karakuri Circus Season 1 Episode 28 - Pig-chan Was Gone
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    #5 - Pig-chan Was Gone

    S1:E28

    Masaru resists Faceless’s control, using Éléonore’s blood. Colombine fights Diamantina’s teddy bears. Masaru frees Éléonore, leaving Faceless in the rocket. Narumi arrives, finding Colombine’s remains after her sacrifice.

    Director:Won Chang-hee
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Karakuri Circus Season 1 Episode 29 - What Shirogane Did
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    #6 - What Shirogane Did

    S1:E29

    Éléonore proves her loyalty by sharing Aqua Vitae with Zonapha sufferers. Faceless threatens to kill humanity with Apollyon. Fou plans to send “Harry” to stop him. Narumi mistrusts Éléonore.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Karakuri Circus Season 1 Episode 30 - Pieta
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    #7 - Pieta

    S1:E30

    Guy challenges Narumi over Éléonore but is dying. Masaru learns Narumi is alive and searches for him. The Nakamachi Circus heads to the launch pad with “Harry,” while Guy sacrifices himself to stop automata.

    Director:Unknown
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  8. Karakuri Circus Season 1 Episode 31 - Black Meteor
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    #8 - Black Meteor

    S1:E31

    Vilma equips the Nakamachi Circus with Éléonore’s blood-tinted knives. Automata attack the train, and Vilma dies fighting Wild West Jane. Masaru destroys Keniss.

    Director:Unknown
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  9. Karakuri Circus Season 1 Episode 32 - Valediction
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    #9 - Valediction

    S1:E32

    Shinobu consoles Masaru, revealing Éléonore’s sacrifices. The Nakamachi Trio prepares to fight Lady Spider and Captain Graziano. Arlequino and Pantalone seek Éléonore’s permission to stop Bringhella and Harlequin.

    Director:Unknown
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  10. Karakuri Circus Season 1 Episode 33 - The Nakamachi Trio vs Lady Spider
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    #10 - The Nakamachi Trio vs Lady Spider

    S1:E33

    The Nakamachi Trio distracts Lady Spider with circus tricks, killing her with Vilma’s knife. Arlequino and Pantalone fight Bringhella and Harlequin, who confesses his love for Éléonore, tearing Pantalone apart.

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  11. Karakuri Circus Season 1 Episode 34 - Rearguard
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    #11 - Rearguard

    S1:E34

    Éléonore fights Harlequin to protect Narumi. Narumi defeats Bringhella. Masaru beats Captain Graziano. At the launch pad, Narumi and Masaru fight automata, with Masaru defending Narumi’s rear.

    Director:Won Chang-hee
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Karakuri Circus Season 1 Episode 35 - Embrace
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    #12 - Embrace

    S1:E35

    Masaru blinds Narumi to take his place in the shuttle. Narumi and Éléonore defeat Harlequin and declare their love. Ashihana dies stopping Pinball-K. Masaru confronts Faceless, who cloned Bai Jin’s body.

    Director:Unknown
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  13. Karakuri Circus Season 1 Episode 36 - The Curtain Falls
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    #13 - The Curtain Falls

    S1:E36

    Faceless refuses Masaru’s plea for the Zonapha cure. Diamantina destroys Francine automata but is dismantled. Faceless helps redirect the crashing station, revealing Éléonore’s singing cures Zonapha. Masaru escapes, and humanity is saved. Six years later, Narumi and Éléonore’s circus brings joy to war-torn areas, and Masaru saves children in a bear suit.

    Director:Unknown
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  14. Karakuri Circus Season 1 Episode 1 - The Curtain Rises
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #14 - The Curtain Rises

    S1:E1

    Narumi Katou, in a bear costume promoting the Straw Circus, encounters Masaru Saiga, who accidentally triggers Narumi’s Zonapha attack. Masaru’s laugh saves Narumi, but he’s kidnapped by men in black suits. Narumi rescues him, escaping by train. Masaru shares his father’s death and inheritance tied to Karakuri puppets. On the train, they’re attacked by puppets, revealed when one is destroyed. Masaru summons Shirogane, a harlequin-clad woman, who uses the puppet Harlequin from his suitcase to defeat the attacker. Shirogane takes Narumi and the unconscious Masaru to a clinic, while a pursuer deploys the puppet Pulcinella.

    Director:Unknown
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  15. Karakuri Circus Season 1 Episode 2 - Promise
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #15 - Promise

    S1:E2

    Ashihana sends Pulcinella to attack, but Shirogane’s Harlequin easily defeats it. Ashihana’s gang captures Masaru, but Narumi rescues him, suffering a Zonapha attack. Unable to make Shirogane or Masaru laugh, Narumi gets Shirogane to beat him up in a store, curing his attack. Shirogane and Masaru move into Narumi’s apartment, unaware they’re being watched. The puppet Grimaldi snatches Masaru through a window. Ashihana, from the Slaughter Team, reveals the Kidnap Team took Masaru to the Saiga villa in Karuizawa, filled with dangerous Karakuri puppets, and offers to guide them there.

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  16. Karakuri Circus Season 1 Episode 3 - Abyss
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #16 - Abyss

    S1:E3

    Masaru’s uncle, Zenji Saiga, claims to protect him but raises suspicions. Narumi and Shirogane storm the Saiga villa, clashing with the Kidnap Team as the Slaughter Team follows. Shirogane’s Harlequin destroys a trap door and the puppet Theogualtier. Masaru discovers his father’s notes revealing he’s bait to destroy the Kuroga clan. Narumi and Shirogane fall into a trap, triggering Narumi’s Zonapha attack. Shirogane shares her past as a puppet master and why she can’t laugh. Masaru escapes Zenji by jumping from a window, landing safely near Ashihana, whom he tries to hire.

    Director:Unknown
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  17. Karakuri Circus Season 1 Episode 13 - Lucille
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #17 - Lucille

    S1:E13

    Tor, Timbavati, Rockenfield, and Malina battle the Quatre Pionniers. A weakened Narumi struggles to reach Doll Francine. Lucille arrives with Fatima, Ming-Xia, Ashihana, and George, unveiling her Francine marionette, Angelina, halting the circus. Lucille convinces Dottore to abandon Francine, but he fatally wounds her, causing her to crystallize. Tor self-destructs to eliminate automata, allowing Narumi’s treatment. Timbavati battles Columbine, using his Shirogane blood to neutralize her, but both die.

    Director:Unknown
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  18. Karakuri Circus Season 1 Episode 14 - By the Sea, in the Dead of Night
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #18 - By the Sea, in the Dead of Night

    S1:E14

    Pantalone and Arlecchino destroy the Francine marionette and George. A Shirogane doctor dies saving Narumi. Fatima’s Spinettina fails against Pantalone and Arlecchino, but Narumi defeats them. Lady Francine reveals she’s a copy, and the real Francine is elsewhere. Narumi attacks Shirogane, mistaking her for Francine based on a Clogue survivor’s claim, but spares her after recalling their past with Masaru.

    Director:Won Chang-hee
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Karakuri Circus Season 1 Episode 21 - Silver Goddess
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #19 - Silver Goddess

    S1:E21

    Masaru mourns Shōji as villagers succumb to Zonapha. The Faceless Commander, Deus, unleashes Artemis, composed of Apollyon bugs. Masaru and Guy pursue, but Cupidia downs Guy. Narumi destroys Cupidia and joins Guy to reach the Zonapha Research Institute, where Fou’s “Harry” can counter Apollyon. Faceless’ automata attack, and Arlecchino, Pantalone, and Colombine discover Éléonore resembles Francine.

    Director:Unknown
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  20. Karakuri Circus Season 1 Episode 4 - Swirling Tiger
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #20 - Swirling Tiger

    S1:E4

    Ashihana declines Masaru’s offer until a diary reveals the Slaughter Team’s exploitation by the Saiga. Using Grimaldi, Ashihana re-enters the villa. Yamanaka traps Narumi and Shirogane, and Masaru agrees to be Zenji’s son, but attacks him when Zenji plans to kill them. Shirogane shares her tragic childhood with Narumi. Masaru and Ashihana use Grimaldi to free them, but Yamanaka attacks again. Masaru controls Harlequin, shifting the battle until explosives destroy the villa. Masaru, Narumi, and Shirogane survive, but only Narumi’s left arm remains.

    Director:Unknown
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  21. Karakuri Circus Season 1 Episode 5 - Circus - Departure
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #21 - Circus - Departure

    S1:E5

    Two months later, Masaru recovers and lives with Shirogane, who enrolls in a nearby high school to protect him from bullies. Masaru shrugs off their taunts, showing his scars. Shinobu Nakamachi faces eviction while rebuilding a circus. At school, Masaru gains acceptance, and Shirogane’s acrobatic talents make her popular. Masaru takes Shirogane to meet Nakamachi, convincing her to join his circus with Nori, Hiro, and animal handler Liselotte. Meanwhile, Narumi lies unconscious in intensive care, missing his left arm.

    Director:Won Chang-hee
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Karakuri Circus Season 1 Episode 6 - Hell
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #22 - Hell

    S1:E6

    Narumi awakens in an Illinois hospital with amnesia and a prosthetic arm, saved by Guy Christophe Resh. The hospital, run by Dr. Banhart, houses 2,000 children with Zonapha syndrome, where staff smile to prevent attacks. Narumi learns terminal Zonapha patients linger between life and death. Resh reveals the Midnight Circus uses automata to spread Zonapha and asks Narumi to become a Shirogane. The last Aqua Vitae healed Narumi. When Paulmann and Anselmus attack the school, Resh uses his Karakuri Olympia, and Narumi helps defeat them.

    Director:Unknown
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  23. Karakuri Circus Season 1 Episode 7 - Demonic
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #23 - Demonic

    S1:E7

    Paulmann and Anselmus injure Narumi, but his Aqua Vitae-enhanced healing allows him to destroy them. Narumi agrees to become a Shirogane to protect the children. At the Nakamachi Circus, Shirogane performs as a clown and is challenged by Vilma. That night, Vilma corners Masaru to kill him but is stopped by Shirogane, who recovers from Vilma’s knives and defeats her with Harlequin. Impressed by Shirogane’s loyalty and Masaru’s resolve, Vilma joins the Nakamachi Circus.

    Director:Unknown
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  24. Karakuri Circus Season 1 Episode 8 - Moment's beginning, moment's end
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #24 - Moment's beginning, moment's end

    S1:E8

    Shirogane enters a beauty contest for the Nakamachi Circus’s publicity. Masaru convinces Lise to perform, while Shirogane recalls Narumi. In China, Narumi, Guy, and Lucille face ten hijacking automata on their plane. Narumi defeats them without triggering explosions. Mr. Spazza’s insectoid automata attack, and Guy exits to fight them while Lucille lands the plane in a bay. The Nakamachi Circus’s opening is disrupted by the crash. Shirogane stops the automaton Magdalen from attacking Masaru, and Narumi appears through the flames.

    Director:Unknown
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  25. Karakuri Circus Season 1 Episode 9 - Memories
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #25 - Memories

    S1:E9

    After the crash, Shirogane rescues Guy and shares her past with him and Narumi. Masaru, haunted by dreams, searches for Narumi. In China’s mountains, Narumi, Lucille, and Ming-Xia find Ming-Xia’s father, Liang Jian-Feng, with Zonapha at an Aqua Vitae spring. He recounts his ancestors, Yin and Jin, who studied alchemy in Prague. Narumi recognizes the story, recalling the brothers’ love for Francine, which caused their rift.

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Worst Episodes Summary

"Escape" is the worst rated episode of "Karakuri Circus". It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 4/4/2019. This episode scored 0.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "At Mont Saint-Michel".