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The Best Episodes of Paranoia Agent Season 1

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The Best Episodes of Paranoia Agent Season 1

Musashino, Tokyo. An elementary schooler repeatedly attacks people in the streets. Known only to the public as "Lil Slugger", none of the victims can recall...

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  1. 8.5/10(624 votes)

    #1 - Double Lips

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    S1:E3

    Harumi Chouno, a woman with dissociative identity disorder attempts to defy her prostitute alter ego, Maria. Harumi becomes increasingly desperate when a colleague proposes. She accepts, but is terrified of Maria's existence being found out.

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  2. 8.4/10(597 votes)

    #2 - Happy Family Planning

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    S1:E8

    The three members of an Internet suicide pact meet each other for the first time in attempt to come up with ways to commit suicide, but hope to see Lil' Slugger.

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  3. 8.3/10(442 votes)

    #3 - The Final Episode

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    S1:E13

    Tokyo is in ruins because of a black mass, formed by the rampaging Lil' Slugger, that envelops the town. Maniwa contacts the police chief on a screen in the cartoon world telling him what he knows; Ikari smashes the screen and is hailed a hero.

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  4. 8.0/10(595 votes)

    #4 - The Golden Shoes

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    S1:E2

    Yuuichi "Icchi" Taira, a formerly popular sixth-grade schoolboy, starts being bullied at school for his red hat and golden skates which strongly resemble those of Lil' Slugger.

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  5. 7.9/10(490 votes)

    #5 - Fear of a Direct Hit

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    S1:E6

    Taeko, a runaway teenager, wanders through the stormy city wanting to forget about her past, as her father repeatedly calls her cellphone but she always answers coldly, saying she will "destroy everything."

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  6. 7.9/10(438 votes)

    #6 - No Entry

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    S1:E11

    Misae Ikari, wife of Ikari the detective, confronts Lil' Slugger when he comes for her about what humans really are and tells him about the problems he's caused.

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  8. 7.8/10(480 votes)

    #7 - MHz

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    S1:E7

    After Taeko is attacked while both Tsukiko and Kozuka have alibis, Maniwa considers the possibility of another Lil' Slugger existing and looks for connections between the victims in an attempt to pinpoint who will be next.

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  9. 7.8/10(421 votes)

    #8 - Radar Man

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    S1:E12

    Maniwa engages in battle with Lil' Slugger and investigates his past. First he visits the mysterious old man at the hospital just before he dies; his last words to Maniwa are "dance with the rabbit".

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  10. 7.7/10(531 votes)

    #9 - A Man's Path

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    S1:E4

    Masami Hirukawa is a low-level police officer who, despite calling himself a family man, accepts bribes in the form of cash and women from a local yakuza group. However, Masami squeezes the group a bit too much, and they send their boss to deal with him.

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  11. 7.7/10(455 votes)

    #10 - Mellow Maromi

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    S1:E10

    Production coordinator Naoyuki Saruta fights traffic to deliver the first episode of "Mellow Maromi," an anime based on the famous character designed by Tsukiko, to the broadcasting network.

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  12. 7.6/10(623 votes)

    #11 - Enter Lil' Slugger

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    S1:E1

    Tsukiko Sagi, a shy character designer, is suddenly attacked by someone carrying a golden baseball bat. When a pair of detectives interrogate her, she describes the suspect as an elementary school-aged boy wearing golden inline skates and a red hat.

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  13. 7.6/10(465 votes)

    #12 - ETC

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    S1:E9

    Four housewives share gossip that they have heard about Lil' Slugger.

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  14. 6.8/10(524 votes)

    #13 - The Holy Warrior

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    S1:E5

    Ikari and Maniwa interrogate the boy known as Lil' Slugger, who turns out to be an eighth-grade student named Makoto Kozuka. Kozuka admits to the attacks, but he believes that the world around him is a medieval fantasy-style role playing game.

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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"Double Lips" is the best rated episode of "Paranoia Agent" season 1. It scored 8.5/10 based on 624 votes. Directed by Takuji Endo and written by Seishi Minakami, it aired on 2/17/2004. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "Happy Family Planning".