The Best Episodes Written By Aya Yoshinaga

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

  1. Background image for We're Second Year Students!
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #1 - We're Second Year Students!

    S1:E10

    46 - Draft Picks The girls move on to their second year of high school. But with classes being reshuffled, will the girls friendship be able to hold up? 47 - Class Shuffle The girls find out which class they will be in for second year. Plus, the return of Sakaki's "rival," Kagura...! 48 - Wolf Kagura walks home with Sakaki, but the two girls are not as well-matched as Kagura believes. 49 - Putting on Senior Airs When some freshman girls accost Chiyo for being so cute, Chiyo feels it's time to start standing up for herself. 50 - Marco Kagura witnesses Sakaki's true nature when Yukari brings an abandoned kitten to class.

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  2. Background image for Our One Shot at Victory
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #2 - 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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  3. Background image for Have a Katsu-don, Ms. Elf.
    8.5/10(2 votes)

    #3 - Have a Katsu-don, Ms. Elf.

    S1:E2

    Kazuhiro and Marie enjoy a day in Japan. Later, they theorize that they'll be able to return to Marie's world if they fall asleep together. That leaves just one problem—they'll wake in the same place they left, with an angry Arkdragon lying in wait!

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  4. Background image for Lost Magic Stones
    8.5/10(2 votes)

    #4 - Lost Magic Stones

    S1:E3

    Kazuhiro and Marie are enjoying life in both the fantasy world and Japan. They go to look for magic stones in the blazing heat of the Ujah Peak ruins.

    Director:Mineya Mori
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  5. Background image for Mischievous Rain
    8.3/10(3 votes)

    #5 - 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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  6. Background image for The Rumors of the Steel Lady
    8.0/10(5 votes)

    #6 - 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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  7. Background image for Distant Festival Lights
    8.0/10(2 votes)

    #7 - 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.

    Director:Akira Toba
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  8. Background image for Depths of the Page
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #8 - Depths of the Page

    S7:E4

    Natsume and Kitamoto are victims of a horrid curse.

    Director:Hideki Ito
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  9. Background image for The Flower's Plan
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #9 - 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.

    Director:Takeru Sato
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  10. Background image for Heiyong at Night
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #10 - Heiyong at Night

    S5:E3

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  11. Background image for A Monster of the Imagination
    7.8/10(5 votes)

    #11 - 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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  12. Background image for Mutual Love
    7.8/10(4 votes)

    #12 - 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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  13. Background image for She Who Spins Fiction
    7.8/10(4 votes)

    #13 - 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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  14. Background image for Declaration of Disbandment
    7.7/10(3 votes)

    #14 - 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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  15. Background image for Stand-In
    7.7/10(3 votes)

    #15 - 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!

    Director:Kotomi Deai
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  16. Background image for What the Guardian Serpent Heard
    7.6/10(5 votes)

    #16 - 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…

    Director:Keiji Gotoh
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  17. Background image for Electroshock Pinocchio
    7.6/10(5 votes)

    #17 - 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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  18. Background image for Culture Fest
    7.5/10(2 votes)

    #18 - Culture Fest

    S1:E7

    31, "Fairyland Class" With the school Culture Fest coming up, the class tries to come up with a theme. One anonymous (and cute) entry seems particularly promising... 32, "Man of Character" The girls gather at Chiyo's house to work on getting ready for the Culture Fest. Also, Sakaki gets to pet an animal for the first time! 33, "Go With Enthusiasm!" The Culture fest begins, and everyone is getting into it... especially Tomo! 34, "The Mascot" A large cat suit gets exchanged between several wearers as the Culture Fest wears on. 35, "Enemy?" The Culture Fest draws to a close, and the girls get to celebrate their success.

    Director:N/A
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  19. Background image for Ephemeral Dream
    7.5/10(4 votes)

    #19 - 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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  20. Background image for Young Days
    7.5/10(2 votes)

    #20 - Young Days

    S3:E4

    Midterms are over, and Natsume leaves on a trip with Nishimura, Kitamoto, and Sasada. He realizes that the scenery he's viewing from the train is from one of the places he grew up in, when he was passed around from one family to the next. He'd thought he didn't have any good memories of the time, but then he remembers what happened when he lived there...

    Director:N/A
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  21. Background image for A place to go home to
    7.5/10(2 votes)

    #21 - 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.

    Director:N/A
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  22. Background image for The Man with the Mechanical Arm
    7.3/10(11 votes)

    #22 - The Man with the Mechanical Arm

    S1:E5

    Ed and Al hop aboard a train to Central City and quickly find themselves defending the passengers -- including Gen. Hakuro -- from terrorists.

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  23. Background image for Or You Could Wish Upon a Star
    7.0/10(5 votes)

    #23 - 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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  24. Background image for Love and Cherish
    7.0/10(4 votes)

    #24 - 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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  25. Background image for Through the Autumn Wind
    7.0/10(2 votes)

    #25 - Through the Autumn Wind

    S3:E9

    Without Sensei to protect him, Natsume has to remain constantly on guard. But the pressure of keeping secrets from his friends is causing Natsume to break.

    Director:N/A
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Aya Yoshinaga Ratings Summary

"We're Second Year Students!" is the best rated episode written by Aya Yoshinaga. It scored 10/10 based on 1 votes. It was directed by Kiyotaka Ohata. It aired on 6/10/2002 and is rated 0.0 points higher than their second-best episode, "Our One Shot at Victory".