7.6/10602 votes#1 - Enter Lil' Slugger
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 2/3/2004
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.
Director: Takayuki Hirao
Writer: Seishi Minakami
8.0/10575 votes#2 - The Golden Shoes
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 2/10/2004
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.
Director: Takuji Endo
Writer: Seishi Minakami
8.5/10604 votes#3 - Double Lips
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 2/17/2004
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.
Director: Takuji Endo
Writer: Seishi Minakami
7.7/10511 votes#4 - A Man's Path
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 2/24/2004
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.
Director: Atsushi Takahashi
Writer: Seishi Minakami
6.8/10505 votes#5 - The Holy Warrior
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 3/9/2004
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.
Director: Nanako Shimazaki
Writer: Tomomi Yoshino
7.9/10472 votes#6 - Fear of a Direct Hit
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 3/16/2004
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."
Director: Kojiro Tsuruoka
Writer: Seishi Minakami
7.8/10462 votes#7 - MHz
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 3/23/2004
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.
Director: Hiroshi Hamasaki
Writer: Seishi Minakami
8.4/10574 votes#8 - Happy Family Planning
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 4/6/2004
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.
Director: Satoru Utsunomiya
Writer: Seishi Minakami
7.6/10448 votes#9 - ETC
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 4/13/2004
Four housewives share gossip that they have heard about Lil' Slugger.
Director: Atsushi Takahashi
Writer: Seishi Minakami
7.7/10439 votes#10 - Mellow Maromi
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 4/20/2004
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.
Director: Takuji Endo
Writer: Tomomi Yoshino
7.9/10421 votes#11 - No Entry
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 4/27/2004
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.
Director: Nanako Shimazaki
Writer: Seishi Minakami
7.8/10406 votes#12 - Radar Man
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 5/11/2004
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".
Director: Atsushi Takahashi
Writer: Seishi Minakami
8.3/10426 votes#13 - The Final Episode
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 5/18/2004
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.
Director: Takuji Endo
Writer: Seishi Minakami
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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...
Genres:AnimationMysterySci-Fi & Fantasy
Network:WOWOW Prime
Season 1 Ratings Summary
"Enter Lil' Slugger" is the best rated episode of "Paranoia Agent" season 1. It scored 7.6/10 based on 602 votes. Directed by Takayuki Hirao and written by Seishi Minakami, it aired on 2/3/2004. This episode is rated 0.4 points higher than the second-best, "The Golden Shoes".