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The Best Episodes of Ushio and Tora

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When he stumbles upon Tora, a demon who's been impaled by a spear, young Ushio frees the beast and demands his help in fighting other agents of evil.

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    Ushio and Tora Season 1 Episode 7 - Legend
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #1 - Legend

    S1:E7

    Ushio demands his mother's whereabouts from his father, who promptly escapes. After Shigure reports about Ushio, the Beast Spear and Tora to higher ups, he is asked to monitor both Ushio and Tora to see their worth. When they are attacked, Shigure deems Ushio and Tora to be worthy and gives money to Ushio to go meet his uncle, and learn more about his mother from the journey.

    Directors:Junichi Fujise, Satoshi Nishimura
    Writers:Toshiki Inoue, Kazuhiro Fujita

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  2. Ushio and Tora Season 1 Episode 9 - Mad Wind
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #2 - Mad Wind

    S1:E9

    Ushio is requested by the Kamaitachi siblings to kill their third sibling as he is causing trouble to humans, after they are forced to move out of their home in the mountains.

    Directors:Hiroshi Koujina, Satoshi Nishimura
    Writers:Toshiki Inoue, Kazuhiro Fujita

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  3. Ushio and Tora Season 1 Episode 12 - The Road to the Touno Youkai Battle - Part 1
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #3 - The Road to the Touno Youkai Battle - Part 1

    S1:E12

    After parting with the Kamaitachi siblings, Tora and Ushio head to their next destination Touno. On the way however they are attacked and separated by youkai who wish to kill Ushio. A conversation with a friendly kappa youkai reveals that the true reason is his mother and tells a story of Hakumen no Mono, a ruthless human and demon-killing youkai from China that retreated from a war with both factions long ago. Before he can finish with the truth about his mother, Ushio must flee from the attacking youkai once more. Elsewhere, Tora struggles to understand why he's changed so much when challenged by a fellow youkai past, Hitotsuki, one who is part of the group hunting Ushio.

    Directors:Satoshi Nishimura, Masaki Matsumura
    Writers:Toshiki Inoue, Kazuhiro Fujita

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  4. Ushio and Tora Season 1 Episode 13 - The Road to the Touno Youkai Battle - Part 2
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #4 - The Road to the Touno Youkai Battle - Part 2

    S1:E13

    After escaping the attacking youkai and saving an old man, Ushio recovers his strength and rests at a bakery in a small town. Ushio relates to them his struggles and how many people have been endangered since he pulled the spear. Ushio is reunited with the Kamaitachi siblings and the team tries to resist the youkai forces. They are saved by Tora and escape. However, a mist warps Ushio to a humble mansion of the leader of the mountain youkai. The leader relates the remainder of the tale of why the youkai seek vengeance against Ushio. His mother is part of a line of women tasked with upholding a barrier keeping Hakumen no Mono dormant yet preventing the other youkai from exacting their revenge on the monster. After Tora battles Hitotsuki, all the youkai cede and allow Ushio to continue his journey.

    Directors:Junichi Fujise, Satoshi Nishimura
    Writers:Toshiki Inoue, Kazuhiro Fujita

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  5. Ushio and Tora Season 1 Episode 14 - Hiyou Pursuit
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #5 - Hiyou Pursuit

    S1:E14

    Hakumen no Mono, sensing the coming of the Beast Spear sends out its familiars or hiyou to destroy the spear and it's wielder. Ushio ends up encountering one of the successors trained by the Kouhamei sect to wield the Beast Spear, Seikimori Hinowa. She demands the spear, stating that Ushio's lack of training has been the paramount factor in why so many people have been put in danger. Ushio ends up giving up the spear but when Hinowa encounters a more powerful hiyou, she finds that it will not lend her it's power. Ushio and Tora return to save her and she acknowledges Ushio's worth for a time. Later, as the duo try to head to their next destination, Tora is sidetracked by a duel with another one of the successors, Akiba Nagare. Tora defeats him and relates that the reason he continues to follow Ushio is that he's never bored when he's with him.

    Directors:Jun Shishido, Satoshi Nishimura
    Writers:Toshiki Inoue, Kazuhiro Fujita

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  6. Ushio and Tora Season 1 Episode 15 - The Crossroads of the Pursuit
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #6 - The Crossroads of the Pursuit

    S1:E15

    As the Hiyō possess a bus in which Ushio is traveling to kill him, along with the rest of the passengers, Ushio must rely on the help of Akiba Nagare and Tora to stop them.

    Directors:Hiroshi Koujina, Hiroyasu Aoki, Satoshi Nishimura
    Writers:Toshiki Inoue, Kazuhiro Fujita

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  7. Ushio and Tora Season 1 Episode 16 - Tranformation
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #7 - Tranformation

    S1:E16

    Another of the successors, Satoru Moritsuna, attacks Ushio, even as he is accompanied by Jun Moritsuna, Akiba Nagare and others. After determining that Satoru Moritsuna's head is possessed by the Hiyō, Ushio has to decide whether to enter Moritsuna's body to defeat the Hiyō, and risk himself turning into a monster, or not.

    Directors:Tomonari Tanaka, Satoshi Nishimura
    Writers:Toshiki Inoue, Kazuhiro Fujita

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  8. Ushio and Tora Season 1 Episode 17 - To Kamuikotan
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #8 - To Kamuikotan

    S1:E17

    As Ushio turns into a monster, all the people he has met and saved gather to save him. Jie Mei gathers the five girls Ushio has strong bonds with - Asako, Mayuko, Reiko, Saya and Yū to save Ushio. They are to comb Ushio's hair using the comb that his mother gave him, to return Ushio back to his human self.

    Directors:Satoshi Nishimura, Daisuke Yoshida
    Writers:Toshiki Inoue, Kazuhiro Fujita, Shouji Yonemura

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  9. Ushio and Tora Season 1 Episode 20 - The Demon Returns
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #9 - The Demon Returns

    S1:E20

    Ushio is further witness to the creation of the Beast Spear. As Jie Mei and the time manipulating yōkai bring them back Ushio and Tora to the present, Jie Mei also tells Ushio the reason why the barrier was created around Hakumen no Mono and also about his mother.

    Directors:Jun Shishido, Satoshi Nishimura
    Writers:Toshiki Inoue, Kazuhiro Fujita

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  10. Ushio and Tora Season 1 Episode 23 - Eternal Solitude
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #10 - Eternal Solitude

    S1:E23

    The truth about Kirio and the Elzaar Scythe is revealed, and Ushio and Tora settle things with Kirio and Towako once and for all.

    Directors:Satoshi Nishimura, Daisuke Yoshida
    Writers:Toshiki Inoue, Kazuhiro Fujita

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  11. Ushio and Tora Season 1 Episode 27 - The Wind Blows
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #11 - The Wind Blows

    S1:E27

    Ushio, anxious over the approaching decisive battle with Hakumen, runs into Asako on the way home from school and ends up arguing with her as usual.

    Directors:Junichi Fujise, Satoshi Nishimura
    Writers:Toshiki Inoue, Kazuhiro Fujita, Shouji Yonemura

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  12. Ushio and Tora Season 1 Episode 28 - I Won't Lose Anyone Else
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #12 - I Won't Lose Anyone Else

    S1:E28

    Upon getting a premonition that the Beast Spear would break, the yokai chiefs from all over make a collective decision.

    Directors:Nanako Shimazaki, Satoshi Nishimura
    Writers:Toshiki Inoue, Kazuhiro Fujita, Shouji Yonemura

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  13. Ushio and Tora Season 1 Episode 31 - To the Sea of Chaos
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #13 - To the Sea of Chaos

    S1:E31

    After being tricked by Hakumen no Mono, the JASDF prepare to send subs to destroy the stone pillar where Ushio's mother is, as she keeps Hakumen sealed. Ushio heads to Okinawa to stop them, but runs into Nagare, who seems to have switched sides. Ushio leaves Nagare to Tora, and hurries to stop the subs. Nagare and Tora go all out in battle, and Asako finds out a secret about Ushio...

    Directors:Tomoaki Koshida, Satoshi Nishimura
    Writers:Toshiki Inoue, Kazuhiro Fujita, Shouji Yonemura

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  14. Ushio and Tora Season 1 Episode 35 - Hope
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #14 - Hope

    S1:E35

    Kirio tells Sumako and Mayuko that he found out something about the past of Tora and other Azafuses. Meanwhile, small pieces of the Beast Spear save Ushio from the bottom of ocean, and then, they kill Hiyou which has possessed billions of minds.

    Directors:Satoshi Nishimura, Mori Taisuke
    Writers:Toshiki Inoue, Kazuhiro Fujita, Shouji Yonemura

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  15. Ushio and Tora Season 1 Episode 36 - To the Promised Night
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #15 - To the Promised Night

    S1:E36

    Ushio and Tora confront Hakumen again. Hyou makes a duel with Guren to revenge his wife and daughter.

    Directors:Satoshi Nishimura, Masaki Matsumura
    Writers:Toshiki Inoue, Kazuhiro Fujita, Shouji Yonemura

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  16. Ushio and Tora Season 1 Episode 37 - The Ultimate Insult
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #16 - The Ultimate Insult

    S1:E37

    Mayuko pulls her soul out of her body to support Tora. The allied forces of human and yôkai restore the bonds among themselves to beat Hakumen.

    Directors:Tomoaki Koshida, Satoshi Nishimura
    Writers:Toshiki Inoue, Kazuhiro Fujita

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  17. Ushio and Tora Season 1 Episode 38 - The End
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #17 - The End

    S1:E38

    There are three survivors in mystical barrier, because Hakumen strikes back with poison. The last battle of Ushio and Tora versus Hakumen enters in the final phase.

    Directors:Satoshi Nishimura, Daisuke Yoshida
    Writers:Toshiki Inoue, Kazuhiro Fujita

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  18. Ushio and Tora Season 1 Episode 1 - The Fate that Brings Ushio And Tora Together
    9.0/10(2 votes)

    #18 - The Fate that Brings Ushio And Tora Together

    S1:E1

    While cleaning out some books from the store room, Ushio stumbles upon a door. Upon opening it, he finds a beast inside, which is stuck because of a spear holding it in place. The beast asks him to remove the spear, since only a human can do it. But since he says that he'll eat Ushio and wreck havoc among humans, Ushio doesn't help him. The beast's aura leaks, attracting many other yokais and Ushio is forced to free him to exterminate all the other yokais.

    Director:Masaki Matsumura
    Writer:Toshiki Inoue

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  19. Ushio and Tora Season 1 Episode 4 - Tora Goes to the City
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #19 - Tora Goes to the City

    S1:E4

    The Gamin (a family of 5 demon heads) are released and they go eating any girl around the city who bears a resemblance to Mikado Hizaki, who had sealed them a long time ago. Mayuko Inoue bears an uncanny resemblance to her and is out alone, shopping.

    Directors:Tomonari Tanaka, Satoshi Nishimura
    Writers:Toshiki Inoue, Kazuhiro Fujita

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  20. Ushio and Tora Season 1 Episode 5 - Exorcist Hyou
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #20 - Exorcist Hyou

    S1:E5

    An exorcist named Hyou is searching for the yokai, who killed his wife and 5 year old kid and took out his right eye and left three long scars on his face, to exact revenge. He thinks Tora might be the yokai and arrives to Japan.

    Directors:Satoshi Nishimura, Daisuke Yoshida
    Writers:Toshiki Inoue, Kazuhiro Fujita

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  21. Ushio and Tora Season 1 Episode 6 - The Sea of the Ayakashi
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #21 - The Sea of the Ayakashi

    S1:E6

    While at the beach, Tora is requested by Umizatou to get rid of a yokai whom he is unable to subdue. The yokai is made of souls of those who died at sea and it is eating both humans and yokai. Tora gets caught when the yokai tried to eat him. Asoko and a little kid get trapped too. Its up to Ushio to save them.

    Directors:Satoshi Nishimura, Masaki Matsumura
    Writers:Toshiki Inoue, Kazuhiro Fujita

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  22. Ushio and Tora Season 1 Episode 8 - He Is in the Sky
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #22 - He Is in the Sky

    S1:E8

    While traveling to Hokkaido by air, Ushio and Tora meet the demon Fusuma who tries to crash the plane to savor all its occupants.

    Directors:Shun Kudo, Satoshi Nishimura
    Writers:Toshiki Inoue, Kazuhiro Fujita

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  23. Ushio and Tora Season 1 Episode 10 - The House Where the Child Lives
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #23 - The House Where the Child Lives

    S1:E10

    Ushio sees a girl at an onsen. Later he saves her from an accident. She is Saya Takatori, the white haired girl, who is guarding the Zahiki Warashi of the Takatori house, Omamori, from leaving so that the house remains prosperous.

    Directors:Tomonari Tanaka, Satoshi Nishimura
    Writers:Toshiki Inoue, Kazuhiro Fujita, Shouji Yonemura

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  24. Ushio and Tora Season 1 Episode 11 - Mirror of a Single Strike
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #24 - Mirror of a Single Strike

    S1:E11

    Ushio is staying at the Kamaitachis' house when he sees Asako calling out Mayuko with a face full of fright. After asking a mirror elder, he comes to know that a mirror demon has kidnapped Mayuko inside the mirror.

    Directors:Satoshi Nishimura, Daisuke Yoshida
    Writers:Toshiki Inoue, Kazuhiro Fujita, Shouji Yonemura

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  25. Ushio and Tora Season 1 Episode 18 - Revival: And Finally..
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #25 - Revival: And Finally..

    S1:E18

    After the girls finally manage to save him, Ushio enters the cave where Hakumen no Mono resides along with Tora.

    Directors:Satoshi Nishimura, Masaki Matsumura
    Writers:Toshiki Inoue, Kazuhiro Fujita, Shouji Yonemura

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Best Episodes Summary

"Legend" is the best rated episode of "Ushio and Tora". It scored 10/10 based on 1 votes. Directed by Junichi Fujise, Satoshi Nishimura and written by Toshiki Inoue, Kazuhiro Fujita, it aired on 8/14/2015. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "Mad Wind".