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The Best Episodes Written By Aya Yoshinaga

Every TV Episode Written by Aya Yoshinaga Ranked from Best to Worst by Thousands of Voters

  1. 10.0/10(1 votes)

    #1 - Our One Shot at Victory

    S4:E21

    Zheng refutes his chancellor's notion of ideal government and articulates his reasons for a united Middle Kingdom. Xin gets turned around in Xianyang.

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  2. 8.0/10(2 votes)

    #2 - Mischievous Rain

    S5:E2

    On a rainy day, Natsume meets a young girl youkai. Her name isn't in the Book of Friends, but she wants his help anyway: she wants him to find a man she met once. The man couldn't see youkai normally, but a mischievous trick of the weather let him see her for just one day. For the next fifty years she visited him, hoping he'd see her one more time, but he never did. Now he's vanished. Can Natsume find him for her?

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  3. 8.0/10(1 votes)

    #3 - Distant Festival Lights

    S5:E7

    Natsume and his friends go to a distant hot springs to help with the renovations. When he arrives, he meets an old friend of Tanumas, but he quickly gets caught up in local youkai trouble. Tanuma's old friend is actually a youkai, and she threatens terrible things if Natsume reveals her secret.

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    Director:Akira Toba
  4. 8.0/10(1 votes)

    #4 - The Flower's Plan

    S1:E17

    As Mahmut and co. enter the Cuore di Rumeliana region, they quickly learn that all 34 city-states lack the military power to defend themselves against Balt-Rhein and are annoyed by their seemingly complacent attitude. After learning that they must get the Republic of Florence's permission to allow the Turkish army passage through their territory, the group heads there and sets up a meeting with Gonfaloniere Caterina di Rossi, the leader of Florence and Süleyman's former lover.

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    Director:Takeru Sato
  5. 8.0/10(1 votes)

    #5 - Heiyong at Night

    S5:E3

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  6. 7.8/10(4 votes)

    #6 - Mutual Love

    S1:E16

    Anri is targeted by the Slasher, but Kyohei’s gang moves to rescue her. Shizuo and Celty join in, and after defeating the Slasher, reveal his true identity. However, this moment of relief doesn’t last as Celty reads what has been posted in the chatroom.

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  7. 7.8/10(4 votes)

    #7 - What the Guardian Serpent Heard

    S1:E2

    Kotoko receives a request for help from a giant snake, who is the guardian spirit of Tsukuna Swamp. It appears that a murderer named Tanio Aoi disposed of a body in the snake’s swamp, but there’s something that’s just not sitting right with the snake. After learning about Kuro’s powers, Kotoko asks Kuro to accompany her on this journey, but Kuro declines for a certain reason…

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    Director:Keiji Gotoh
  8. 7.8/10(4 votes)

    #8 - The Rumors of the Steel Lady

    S1:E3

    Kotoko is asked why a suspect had thrown a dead body into the Guardian’s swamp and she starts constructing a story. This ends up being a rather tragic tale about Tanio Aoi filled with love and regret that the Guardian is also shocked to hear. Two years later, random acts of violence were happening in Makurazaka City. The suspect seems to be the ghost of the former idol, Nanase Karin…

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  9. 7.8/10(4 votes)

    #9 - A Monster of the Imagination

    S1:E5

    Kotoko happens to spot a man fighting with Steel Lady Nanase. She gets closer and realizes that it was actually Kuro that was struggling in this battle. Saki then also joins in and after talking with her, Kotoko remembers the story about Kuro when he was younger that he told her about. Kotoko realizes they will need a special method to defeat Steel Lady Nanase because she is not an ordinary spectre...

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  10. 7.7/10(3 votes)

    #10 - Declaration of Disbandment

    S1:E22

    The Dollars are enraged at the Yellow Scarves’ actions. The Yellow Scarves learn that Anri is the girl who escaped from their hideout during the night of the meeting, and track her down. However, an unexpected group of people steps in to save her...

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  11. 7.7/10(3 votes)

    #11 - She Who Spins Fiction

    S1:E8

    Saki remembers the first time she met Kuro’s cousin, Sakuragawa Rikka. Saki had heard that Rikka had passed, and tries to get more information out of Kotoko. Meanwhile, the forums on the wiki site become rather active again, making Steel Lady Nanase’s presence even stronger...

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  12. 7.5/10(4 votes)

    #12 - Ephemeral Dream

    S1:E8

    Celty runs away from home after arguing with Shinra, and an exchange student asks people to write what they're looking for in a notebook she carries.

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  13. 7.5/10(2 votes)

    #13 - Stand-In

    S4:E4

    Natsume is at home early one evening when he hears a knock on the door. He sees Tohko outside, asking to be let in. But when he opens the door, there's nobody there, and a gust of wind rushes past. Another Youkai is after the book of friends!

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    Director:Kotomi Deai
  14. 7.5/10(4 votes)

    #14 - Electroshock Pinocchio

    S1:E18

    Tae is an active octogenarian who lives with an unusually talkative cat. Why do the fishermen in her seaside town find dead fish coming in with the tide every morning?

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  15. 7.2/10(4 votes)

    #15 - Or You Could Wish Upon a Star

    S1:E19

    Tae talks about her past and Kotoko figures out a way they can defeat the Electroshock Pinocchio.

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  16. 7.0/10(1 votes)

    #16 - Fallen Wolves

    S1:E5

    While searching for paradise the four wolves find a run down city on the sea. While in the city the find Zali and his pack. They are disgusted by the way Zali's pack works for humans to get food. Hige spots a female wolf.

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    Director:Ikuro Sato
  17. 7.0/10(1 votes)

    #17 - Men's Lament

    S1:E13

    Hubb and Quent are still traveling together, searching for Cher and Blue respectively. When they get to the next town Hubb finally finds Cher but she tells them that they must all travel to Darcia's keep or all may be lost. Meanwhile the wolves also decide to travel to Darcia's keep to rescue Cheza.

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    Director:Koji Sawai
  18. 7.0/10(1 votes)

    #18 - False Memories

    S1:E25

    Kiba finally finds Cheza and meets up with Jaguara. Jaguara seems to cast a spell on him and hooks him up to her Moonlight Crucible. Tsume ends up in a cell where he meets and old wolf who tells him about the wolf with the collar the betrayed her pack. Hige tells Blue that his memories were false and he must now go help the others in Jaguara's keep. Meanwhile Darcia enters Jaguara's keep and starts to wipe out her soldiers.

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    Director:N/A
  19. 7.0/10(4 votes)

    #19 - Love and Cherish

    S1:E9

    After losing contact with her brother Seiji, Namie Yagiri enlists Izaya's help to find him. While roaming through Ikebukuro, Seiji and Mika Harima stumble onto Shizuo and Celty and a heated pursuit begins after Celty figures that the head attached to Mika's body is actually hers.

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  20. 7.0/10(1 votes)

    #20 - A place to go home to

    S3:E12

    A youkai from Natsume past has found him and memories of living with relatives before the Fujiwaras are explored.

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    Director:N/A
  21. 7.0/10(1 votes)

    #21 - The City of the Lighthouse

    S1:E5

    Mahmut arrives at Phoiníkē and sees a Balt-Rhein ship docked at the harbor. He meets with the Türkiye spy, Kyros, who informs him that he will find trouble during his stay. Mahmut is summoned by the patriotic Magistros Konstantinos and other members of the Phoiníkē senate, who request that Mahmut to sit in at the senate assembly to discuss the empire's demands to cede their harbor to them. While Caesar Apollodorus wants to accept the empire's demands, Konstantinos states it is an excuse to invade and gain control over the Centro sea.

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    Director:N/A
  22. 7.0/10(1 votes)

    #22 - The Iron Chains

    S1:E6

    As the siege continues, Konstantinos berates Apollodorus for not assisting in the war effort and the two argue over if going to war against Balt-Rhein was the right decision, given how citizens from nations that the empire has annexed are cruelly treated. At night, Glalat prepares the army for their next attack, uncaring for the lives for his men and conscripted soldiers to enact his plans.

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    Director:N/A
  23. 7.0/10(1 votes)

    #23 - The Sinking City

    S1:E7

    As everyone looks on in horror as Phoiníkē burns, Konstantinos tries to rally soldiers to defend the city, but Apollodorus sabotage the speaking tubes and scolds him for not seeing the reality of the situation. In order to save the citizens from slaughter, Apollodorus and the senate agree to surrender to Balt-Rhein and relay the message to everyone in the city.

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  24. 7.0/10(1 votes)

    #24 - Heiyong's Crucial Moment

    S5:E6

    He Liao Diao switches gears to share some hard-earned power with Huan Yi's forces--all the general has to do is take it. Qiang Lei's caretaker speaks.

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    Director:Ippei Ichii
  25. 7.0/10(1 votes)

    #25 - Roar of Pride

    S5:E10

    Huan Yi's top commanders question his latest bizarre decision. Wei Ping has a crisis of conscience. Xin and Qiang Lei react to a gruesome discovery.

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Aya Yoshinaga Ratings Summary

"Our One Shot at Victory" is the best rated episode written by Aya Yoshinaga. It scored 10/10 based on 1 votes. It was directed by Natsumi Yasue. It aired on 8/28/2022 and is rated 2.0 points higher than their second-best episode, "Mischievous Rain".