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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 27 - The Wind Blows
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #1 - 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:Satoshi Nishimura, Junichi Fujise
    Writers:Toshiki Inoue, Shouji Yonemura, Kazuhiro Fujita

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

    #2 - 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:Satoshi Nishimura, Nanako Shimazaki
    Writers:Toshiki Inoue, Shouji Yonemura, Kazuhiro Fujita

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

    #3 - 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:Satoshi Nishimura, Tomoaki Koshida
    Writers:Toshiki Inoue, Shouji Yonemura, Kazuhiro Fujita

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

    #4 - 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, Shouji Yonemura, Kazuhiro Fujita

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

    #5 - 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, Shouji Yonemura, Kazuhiro Fujita

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

    #6 - 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:Satoshi Nishimura, Tomoaki Koshida
    Writers:Toshiki Inoue, Kazuhiro Fujita

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

    #7 - 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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  8. Ushio and Tora Season 1 Episode 20 - The Demon Returns
    9.0/10(33 votes)

    #8 - 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:Satoshi Nishimura, Jun Shishido
    Writers:Toshiki Inoue, Kazuhiro Fujita

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  9. Ushio and Tora Season 1 Episode 29 - The Night of the Crescent Moon
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #9 - The Night of the Crescent Moon

    S1:E29

    Mayuko, Kirio, and Kuin are all doing what they can to stop Hakumen no Mono. Meanwhile, Ushio runs into the exorcist, Hyou, again. Because of his magical eye, Hyou did not forget about Ushio's existence. Hyou comes to visit Ushio at his home, and they encounter azafuses as well as Guren, and learn what Tora might actually be.

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

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  10. Ushio and Tora Season 1 Episode 30 - The Journey of No Return
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #10 - The Journey of No Return

    S1:E30

    A mysterious ghost appears in front of Atsuzawa and calls herself Jie Mei. She says she has a favor to ask him in regards to Hakumen no Mono... Meanwhile, Ushio and Tora are asked to come meet some people who want to see them. While they are on the way to meet these people, they run into Nagare, and Ushio can't hide his surprise. The happy reunion is cut short by some shocking news...

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

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  11. Ushio and Tora Season 1 Episode 7 - Legend
    8.9/10(34 votes)

    #11 - 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:Satoshi Nishimura, Junichi Fujise
    Writers:Toshiki Inoue, Kazuhiro Fujita

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  12. Ushio and Tora Season 1 Episode 16 - Tranformation
    8.8/10(32 votes)

    #12 - 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:Satoshi Nishimura, Tomonari Tanaka
    Writers:Toshiki Inoue, Kazuhiro Fujita

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  13. Ushio and Tora Season 1 Episode 19 - The Demon That Turns Back Time
    8.8/10(31 votes)

    #13 - The Demon That Turns Back Time

    S1:E19

    Once inside the cave, Ushio and Tora are carried over to the past by a time manipulating yōkai. There, they bear witness to how Hakumen no Mono first attacked the king and people of China, destroying the city and killing the parents of Jie Mei and Giryō.

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

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  14. Ushio and Tora Season 1 Episode 23 - Eternal Solitude
    8.8/10(32 votes)

    #14 - 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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  15. Ushio and Tora Season 1 Episode 4 - Tora Goes to the City
    8.6/10(42 votes)

    #15 - 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:Satoshi Nishimura, Tomonari Tanaka
    Writers:Toshiki Inoue, Kazuhiro Fujita

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  16. Ushio and Tora Season 1 Episode 9 - Mad Wind
    8.6/10(34 votes)

    #16 - 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:Satoshi Nishimura, Hiroshi Koujina
    Writers:Toshiki Inoue, Kazuhiro Fujita

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  17. Ushio and Tora Season 1 Episode 12 - The Road to the Touno Youkai Battle - Part 1
    8.6/10(31 votes)

    #17 - 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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  18. Ushio and Tora Season 1 Episode 13 - The Road to the Touno Youkai Battle - Part 2
    8.5/10(31 votes)

    #18 - 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:Satoshi Nishimura, Junichi Fujise
    Writers:Toshiki Inoue, Kazuhiro Fujita

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  19. Ushio and Tora Season 1 Episode 14 - Hiyou Pursuit
    8.5/10(30 votes)

    #19 - 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:Satoshi Nishimura, Jun Shishido
    Writers:Toshiki Inoue, Kazuhiro Fujita

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  20. Ushio and Tora Season 1 Episode 21 - The Fourth: Kirio
    8.5/10(30 votes)

    #20 - The Fourth: Kirio

    S1:E21

    Kirio pays a visit to Ushio to take the scythe from him. But they are interrupted when Kuragi, an insect like yōkai, who is avatar of Hakumen no Mono attacks the Kōhamei Sect headquarters, unstoppable by any. Ushio and Kirio are taken there by Shigure where Ushio meets Mikado Hizaki. Later, as Ushio falls after failing to defeat Kuragi, Mikado Hizaki freezes the monster and Kirio finishes it off. Mikado Hizaki dies after exhausting her powers. Afterwards, we see Kirio telling his mother how he finished the monster himself, and that no one believes him when he says that they don't need the Beast Spear to defeat Hakumen no Mono. She gives him the Beast Spear's red cloth and tells him that if no one believes, it is ok to break the spear to show them so.

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

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  21. Ushio and Tora Season 1 Episode 39 - The Fate of Ushio and Tora
    8.5/10(2 votes)

    #21 - The Fate of Ushio and Tora

    S1:E39

    Hakumen crushes its eyes itself to overcome the fear of the Beast Spear. Tora wants to save all the people even if it has to sacrifice itself, and tells the strategy to Ushio.

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

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  22. Ushio and Tora Season 1 Episode 15 - The Crossroads of the Pursuit
    8.4/10(30 votes)

    #22 - 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:Satoshi Nishimura, Hiroyasu Aoki, Hiroshi Koujina
    Writers:Toshiki Inoue, Kazuhiro Fujita

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  23. Ushio and Tora Season 1 Episode 17 - To Kamuikotan
    8.4/10(31 votes)

    #23 - 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, Shouji Yonemura, Kazuhiro Fujita

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  24. Ushio and Tora Season 1 Episode 18 - Revival: And Finally..
    8.4/10(31 votes)

    #24 - 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, Shouji Yonemura, Kazuhiro Fujita

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  25. Ushio and Tora Season 1 Episode 22 - Great Summoning: Destruction of the Beast Spear
    8.4/10(30 votes)

    #25 - Great Summoning: Destruction of the Beast Spear

    S1:E22

    As Ushio becomes depressed due to his inability to save Mikado Hizaki, Tora tried to fire him up by verbally insulting and fighting him, but leaves once it is proved useless. Kirio comes to steal the Beast Spear from Ushio along with a few supporters and snatches it from Ushio using the red cloth. When Nagare arrives to warn Ushio, he is joined by Tora in the search of Kirio. Hinowa joins Ushio in the search of the Spear. The group arrive at a facility and find the diary of Kyōra, the creator of the Elzaar Scythe. They come to know of a woman named Towako (who is the one who took the red cloth and acts as Kirio's mother) who helped him greatly in achieving success in his researches in creating the Elzaar Scythe, Kuin and even Kirio.

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

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Best Episodes Summary

"The Wind Blows" is the best rated episode of "Ushio and Tora". It scored 10/10 based on 1 votes. Directed by Satoshi Nishimura, Junichi Fujise and written by Toshiki Inoue, Shouji Yonemura, Kazuhiro Fujita, it aired on 4/1/2016. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "I Won't Lose Anyone Else".