The Best Episodes Written By Akiyuki Shinbo
Every TV Episode Written by Akiyuki Shinbo Ranked from Best to Worst by Thousands of Voters
Akiyuki Shinbo Ratings Summary
The best episode written by Akiyuki Shinbo is "Hitagi End (6)", rated 8.8/10 from 5 user votes. It was "directed by Kenjirou Okada". "Hitagi End (6)" aired on 12/29/2013 and is rated 0.3 point(s) higher than their second highest rated, "Hitagi End (3)".
8.8/10 5 votes#1 - Hitagi End (6)
Season 3 Episode 23 - Aired 12/29/2013
Kaiki proceeds to deceive Nadeko Sengoku. However, Nadeko with surprising ease sees through Kaiki's lies and attacks with numerous white snakes. What will be coming last out of the tongue of a con artist near death–a lie, or the truth?
Director: Kenjirou Okada
Writer: Akiyuki Shinbo
8.5/10 4 votes#2 - Hitagi End (3)
Season 3 Episode 20 - Aired 12/8/2013
Kaiki meets Nadeko Sengoku face to face at North Shirahebi Shrine. Nadeko's personality became a lot brighter once she became the snake god, and she starts to talk to Kaiki in a carefree manner about how she was going to kill big brother Koyomi soon...
Director: Naoyuki Tatsuwa
Writer: Akiyuki Shinbo
8.2/10 4 votes#3 - Tsubasa Tiger (5)
Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 8/4/2013
Tsubasa determined the identity of the giant tiger apparition “Kako,” and writes one long letter. The letter was addressed to Black Hanekawa, the apparition that could be described as her other personality.
Director: Tomoyuki Itamura
Writer: Akiyuki Shinbo
8.2/10 4 votes#4 - Hitagi End (2)
Season 3 Episode 19 - Aired 12/1/2013
Kaiki, deciding to accept Hitagi's work request, visits the town where Koyomi and his friends live. He starts to do research on Nadeko Sengoku, the junior high school girl turned god of North Shirahebi Shrine, who is the current target of deceit.
Director: Sumito Sasaki
Writer: Akiyuki Shinbo
8.0/10 6 votes#5 - Tsukihi Phoenix (4)
Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 3/18/2012
As Shinobu explains how Tsukihi came to be in her currents situation. Araragi resolves to stop the out-of-towners from killing her. But unlike Oshino and Kaiki, Kagenui speaks with her fist and she talks a lot.
Director: Yuki Yase
Writer: Akiyuki Shinbo
8.0/10 4 votes#6 - Nadeko Medusa (4)
Season 3 Episode 13 - Aired 10/13/2013
Nadeko finally found the object of worship. Kuchinawa, now in a good mood, tells Nadeko that he will grant her a wish. But Koyomi shows up right then and starts his attempt to convince Nadeko to let go of that object of worship.
Director: Shuuji Miyahara
Writer: Akiyuki Shinbo
8.0/10 4 votes#7 - Ougi Formula
Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 10/4/2015
Koyomi and Ougi find themselves trapped in a classroom, and the story shifts back to the point when Suruga introduces Ougi to Koyomi. Ougi approaches him with a mystery about a room not seen in the school's blueprints for them to investigate. When they enter the room, they find themselves trapped inside, leading them to their current situation. While talking about their predicament, the duo realize that the room is an oddity created by a traumatic memory from Koyomi's freshman years. Koyomi then tells Ougi that two years prior, the class president at his and Hitagi's class at the time, Sodachi Oikura, was looking for possible culprits of cheating on a math test, and would not allow any student to leave class until a culprit was found. Ougi surmises that they themselves won't be able to leave the room until the two-year-old mystery is solved.
Director: Tomoyuki Itamura
Writer: Akiyuki Shinbo
7.8/10 4 votes#8 - Shinobu Time (4)
Season 3 Episode 17 - Aired 11/17/2013
Koyomi and company climbed down the mountain they were hiding in after escaping from the “darkness." Upon visiting a village between the mountains, they meet Izuko Gaen and receive an explanation concerning the “darkness.”
Director: Yuki Yase
Writer: Akiyuki Shinbo
7.8/10 4 votes#9 - Hitagi End (1)
Season 3 Episode 18 - Aired 11/24/2013
On January 1st, Hitagi Senjyogahara makes a phone call to Deishu Kaiki, her supposed archnemesis. It was a tough decision made on her part, in order to save herself and Koyomi Araragi from their “death sentence.”
Director: Kenjirou Okada
Writer: Akiyuki Shinbo
7.8/10 4 votes#10 - Hitagi End (4)
Season 3 Episode 21 - Aired 12/15/2013
Kaiki heads to North Shirahebi Shrine daily in order to deceive Nadeko the snake god but finds himself being followed on his way home. Furthermore, he gets a mysterious threat telling him to “pull out of this case.”
Director: Yukihiro Miyamoto
Writer: Akiyuki Shinbo
7.6/10 5 votes#11 - Karen Bee (6)
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 2/12/2012
Koyomi leaves Karen behind at home to talk with Senjougahara. Senjougahara seems to be planning on confronting and murdering Kaiki. When he comes back home, he learns Karen has wandered off, while still sick.
Director: Takashi Kawabata
Writer: Akiyuki Shinbo
7.5/10 4 votes#12 - Tsubasa Tiger (4)
Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 7/28/2013
At Hitagi Senjyogahara's discretion, Hanekawa Tsubasa ends up living under the roof of the Araragi residence. Spending an evening in Koyomi's house, Tsubasa realizes that she had turned into Black Hanekawa the previous night.
Director: Kenjirou Okada
Writer: Akiyuki Shinbo
7.5/10 4 votes#13 - Nadeko Medusa (2)
Season 3 Episode 11 - Aired 9/29/2013
Nadeko Sengoku is asked by Kuchinawa, a snake deity, to find his object of worship. Nadeko accepts and goes to junior high school during the day with Kuchinawa, who resembles a white scrunchie, while searching the town at night for the object of worship.
Director: Takatoshi Suzuki
Writer: Akiyuki Shinbo
7.5/10 4 votes#14 - Nadeko Medusa (3)
Season 3 Episode 12 - Aired 10/6/2013
Nadeko spent the evening at the Araragi residence after Koyomi mistakes her for running away from home and takes her back to his place. The next morning, she talks to Koyomi's younger sister Tsukihi, a friend from back in grade school.
Director: Kenjirou Okada
Writer: Akiyuki Shinbo
7.5/10 4 votes#15 - Shinobu Time (2)
Season 3 Episode 15 - Aired 11/3/2013
With the help of Yotsugi Ononoki, Koyomi and Mayoi were able to escape from the “darkness.” Within the ruins of the cram school that they escaped to, Shinobu is consulted about the “darkness.” She starts to speak of what happened 400 years ago.
Director: Chika Nagaoka
Writer: Akiyuki Shinbo
7.5/10 4 votes#16 - Hitagi End (5)
Season 3 Episode 22 - Aired 12/22/2013
Tsubasa Hanekawa, supposedly overseas in search of Meme Oshino, suddenly approached Kaiki to talk to him. After exchanging information with Tsubasa, Kaiki gets the finishing touches ready for his preparations to deceive Nadeko the snake god.
Director: Eiichi Kuboyama
Writer: Akiyuki Shinbo
7.5/10 2 votes#17 - Sodachi Lost (2)
Season 4 Episode 5 - Aired 11/1/2015
Araragi and Hanekawa visit Oikura and learn the painful story of her family's past.
Director: Tomoyuki Itamura
Writer: Akiyuki Shinbo
7.5/10 2 votes#18 - Sodachi Lost (3)
Season 4 Episode 6 - Aired 11/8/2015
Ougi claims to have figured out the whereabouts of Oikura’s mother and, in her own way, helps Araragi and Hanekawa to solve the mystery.
Director: Kenjirou Okada
Writer: Akiyuki Shinbo
7.5/10 2 votes#19 - SHINOBU Mail (6)
Season 4 Episode 12 - Aired 12/20/2015
As Koyomi prepares for his duel, he learns of the crisis that Hanekawa is facing and must decide what battle he should fight.
Director: Kenjirou Okada
Writer: Akiyuki Shinbo
7.4/10 5 votes#20 - Karen Bee (5)
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 2/5/2012
Koyomi learns the whole story about what happened between Karen and Kaiki. After receiving a tempting offer from Hanekawa, he speaks with Shinobu on the way to save Karen.
Director: Yoshito Mikamo
Writer: Akiyuki Shinbo
7.4/10 5 votes#21 - Mayoi Jiangshi (4)
Season 3 Episode 9 - Aired 9/8/2013
Shinobu Oshino realizes that humanity had turned into zombies thanks to the powers of Kiss-shot. Koyomi Araragi shoots up fireworks as an SOS signal, but instead they are surrounded by zombies. However, an unexpected individual arrives at the scene...
Director: Sumito Sasaki
Writer: Akiyuki Shinbo
7.3/10 3 votes#22 - Nadeko Medusa (1)
Season 3 Episode 10 - Aired 9/22/2013
Nadeko Sengoku's classmates are all strained thin due to the “hocus-pocus” of con artist Deishu Kaiki. Because of that, Nadeko goes to school every day with a heavy heart; but one day, she starts seeing white snakes all over the place.
Director: Hiroyuki Tsuchiya
Writer: Akiyuki Shinbo
7.2/10 4 votes#23 - Tsubasa Tiger (3)
Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 7/21/2013
Suruga Kanbaru, an underclassman, came to visit Tsubasa Hanekawa now that she has resumed attending school. Apparently, Koyomi Araragi has asked for Suruga's presence tonight. Tsubasa returned to Hitagi's house without knowing what was going on.
Director: Yoshitaka Nagaoka
Writer: Akiyuki Shinbo
7.2/10 4 votes#24 - Mayoi Jiangshi (2)
Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 8/25/2013
Koyomi and Shinobu unexpectedly time warped back to May 13th 11 years ago. Koyomi thinks of saving Mayoi Hachikuji, who was “destined to become a ghost after getting into a traffic accident on her way to see her mother the next day – Mother's Day."
Director: Naoyuki Tatsuwa
Writer: Akiyuki Shinbo
7.2/10 4 votes#25 - Shinobu Time (1)
Season 3 Episode 14 - Aired 10/27/2013
Koyomi returned from the time warp with Shinobu. From North Shirahebi Shrine, he headed home together with Mayoi Hachikuji and returned her backpack to her. However, right afterwards, the two of them are assaulted by a mysterious “Darkness.”
Director: Naoyuki Tatsuwa
Writer: Akiyuki Shinbo