The Best Episodes Written By Chiaki J. konaka

Every TV Episode Written by Chiaki J. konaka Ranked from Best to Worst by Thousands of Voters

  1. Background image for His Master's Voice
    9.5/10(2 votes)

    #1 - His Master's Voice

    Missing info
    S2:E13

    Kari has recurring nightmares and warps into the Dark Ocean, a world separate from the Real and Digital Worlds. The Scubamon ask Kari to free them from Ken's control, and they are attacked by an Airdramon. T.K. enters the Dark Ocean to rescue Kari and destroys the Control Spire, but once the Scubamon are freed, they attempt to abduct her into serving as their queen to their master, Dragomon. The two, along with their Digimon, escape.

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    Director:N/A
  2. Background image for Guilmon Comes Alive
    8.8/10(4 votes)

    #2 - Guilmon Comes Alive

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    S1:E1

    Calumon is being attacked by a digimon and somehow appears in the real world. Meanwhile, a boy named Takato finds a mysterious blue card. His obsession with the Digimon game leads him to create a digimon, and when he finds a Digivice the Digivice copies his created digimon's data and creates a real digi-egg. He has a strange dream involving a Digimon Tamer (who is Rika), and his digi-egg hatches. He finds his created digimon, Guilmon, and fears getting attacked by him.

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  3. Background image for Layer:08 – RUMORS
    8.6/10(7 votes)

    #3 - Layer:08 – RUMORS

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    S1:E8

    Still shaken by the information she received from the Men In Black, Lain discovers that she is being blamed for spreading an ugly rumor in the WIRED. Is what the MIB said is true; is she another person in the WIRED? Or is she doing it herself? Lain must find out or risk losing the one true friend she has.

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  4. Background image for Layer:06 – KIDS
    8.4/10(7 votes)

    #4 - Layer:06 – KIDS

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    S1:E6

    Young children are acting strangely, arms outstretched and silently staring at the sky. A shocking vision suddenly appears in the skies; it looks like Lain! Determined to get to the bottom of this, Lain's investigations finally bring her to the creator of KIDS -- but what she discovers is not what she hoped for.

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  5. Background image for Layer:07 – SOCIETY
    8.4/10(7 votes)

    #5 - Layer:07 – SOCIETY

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    S1:E7

    As the Knights activities make the evening news, a strange man named Nazumi wanders the city with machines strapped to his body. People on the WIRED are asking: ""Who is Lain"". Meanwhile, the two MIB agents take Lain to the Techibana offices where Lain's identity is challenged by a man; how well does she know her parents, her sister, herself? Can Lain answer him?

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  6. Background image for Layer:09 – PROTOCOL
    8.4/10(7 votes)

    #6 - Layer:09 – PROTOCOL

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    S1:E9

    A documentary about Roswell gives Lain some valuable information about the pioneers of the WIRED. Later, at the Cyberia, J.J. tells Lain that she left something the day before and hands her an envelop with the Knight's logo on it. The envelop contains a chip. Believing this was the other 'Lain's' doing again, she decides to call Taro's bluff and go on a 'date'. Taking him to her room, Lain demands that he tell her what he knows. Together, with Taro's information and the mysterious chip, Lain finds out more then she expected.

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  7. Background image for Stranger
    8.3/10(3 votes)

    #7 - Stranger

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    S1:E1

    Ichise is currently living his life as a fighter in an underground fighting ring. He is incredibly strong and is rewarded for his efforts with a nice whore. She goes kind of crazy and he throws her off during their 'love making'. As a result, her 'employer', Aida, calls up a member of Organ, Isshii, to punish Ichise. Isshii cuts off Ichise's right arm. At the same time, we see our first sighting of Yoshii, a member of the Class who has come down to Lux for reasons unknown at this point. When he gets to the bottom of the stairs that connect the two worlds, he meets Ran, a girl from the nearby village of Gabe, which is situated on the outskits of Lux. Ran leads him to the Elder of Gabe where they are soon accosted by a couple members of the Alliance. Yoshii protects Ran and the Elder and fights them off. We are also introduced to Oonishi, the leader of Organ.

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  8. Background image for Encephalopathy
    8.3/10(3 votes)

    #8 - Encephalopathy

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    S1:E19

    Voices are creeping the underground world (the film which Doc and Ichise watched) retelling Lux's history, the surface world of Hades, and many prophetic things about Ichise. Shinji attemps to kill everyone of the Class. A voice sounding like Ran tells Onishi to kill the Obelisk.

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  9. Background image for To Fight or Not to Fight
    8.3/10(3 votes)

    #9 - To Fight or Not to Fight

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    S1:E3

    Henry and Terriermon stop the fight between Guilmon and Renamon, and Takato finds a perfect hiding place for Guilmon while he’s away. Guilmon and Renamon resume their fight, and Terriermon gets in the way of an attack. He digivolves into Gargomon but can’t control his powers and almost hurts Rika but she is saved by Guilmon.

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  10. Background image for Layer:13 – EGO
    8.2/10(16 votes)

    #10 - Layer:13 – EGO

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    S1:E13

    The world is crumbling, people are dying and Alice's sanity is threatened. To save humanity, there is only one thing Lain can do; she must make the ultimate personal sacrifice.

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  11. Background image for Digimon, Digimon Everywhere
    8.2/10(4 votes)

    #11 - Digimon, Digimon Everywhere

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    S1:E2

    Takato secretly sneaks Guilmon into his house and, in the meantime, Rika, a digimon tamer, and her digimon, Renamon, easily defeat a Goblimon. Takato leaves Guilmon alone while he goes to school, but Guilmon follows him and causes chaos in the school. Takato meets Henry and his digimon Terriermon and thinks he isn't worthy of having Guilmon. While looking for a place for Guilmon to stay, Takato and Guilmon are attacked by Renamon and Rika.

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  12. Background image for Layer:02 – GIRLS
    8.1/10(8 votes)

    #12 - Layer:02 – GIRLS

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    S1:E2

    Classmates Alice, Julie, and Reika wonder if that was Lain they saw at the nightclub Cyberia. To find out, they invite Lain to go with them to the club.

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  13. Background image for Layer:04 – RELIGION
    8.1/10(8 votes)

    #13 - Layer:04 – RELIGION

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    S1:E4

    Some players of a Wired game called PHANTOMa are dying suspicious deaths. Lain investigates, but her growing interest in the Wired worries her father, as well as classmates Mika and Alice.

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  14. Background image for Layer:05 – DISTORTION
    8.1/10(8 votes)

    #14 - Layer:05 – DISTORTION

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    S1:E5

    Lain receives cryptic messages about existence, God, and a coming prophecy. Meanwhile, Mika's world changes in ways both surreal and hyperreal.

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  15. Background image for Layer:01 – WEIRD
    8.0/10(8 votes)

    #15 - Layer:01 – WEIRD

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    S1:E1

    Lain Iwakura, a shy, 13-year-old schoolgirl, receives an email from a schoolmate after her suicide. Is it a prank? Lain doesn't feel horror, but curiosity.

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  16. Background image for Lucid Dream
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #16 - Lucid Dream

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    S1:E1

    Tarou is having his usual dream of him flying around and then ends up in a room where he sees his sister, who doesn’t wake up, however his dream ended when a girl spots him. It’s the start of a new school term and there are more transfer students, with one very peculiar one, Masayuki Nakajima. Tarou ends up falling asleep in class and this time he begins to remember more of his traumatic experience, 11 years ago.

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  17. Background image for Act 9 - Chapter of the Egg: Black Shoes ~ Bilder einer Ausstellung: Alten Schloß
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #17 - Act 9 - Chapter of the Egg: Black Shoes ~ Bilder einer Ausstellung: Alten Schloß

    Missing info
    S1:E9

    Fakir, having failed to shatter Mytho's heart, wonders what he should do: should he give up, especially now since Mytho wants to restore his heart? Rue has her own demons to deal with, as she tries to convince herself that there is only one of her. But Rue does not want Mytho to change, so she decides to accept her role as Kraehe. Duck finds another piece of Mytho's heart, devotion, possessing a student artist. Princess Tutu removes the heart shard, but Kraehe appears and takes it from her. Mytho comes and Kraehe's resolve wavers when the one she loves stands against her, giving Princess Tutu enough time to restore the heart shard.

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    Director:N/A
  18. Background image for Layer:10 – LOVE
    7.9/10(16 votes)

    #18 - Layer:10 – LOVE

    Missing info
    S1:E10

    Lain struggles with her identity. Is she a human being, or just a hologram? And are the Knights responsible for the Evil Lain? Lain decides to deal with the Knights once and for all.

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  19. Background image for Layer:12 – LANDSCAPE
    7.9/10(16 votes)

    #19 - Layer:12 – LANDSCAPE

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    S1:E12

    Troubled by what she saw, Alice decides to visit Lain at home and find out what is going on. Meanwhile, the two MIB agents receive a terrible shock and Eiri reveals his real motive for removing the barrier between the real world and the WIRED.

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  20. Background image for Layer:03 – PSYCHE
    7.8/10(8 votes)

    #20 - Layer:03 – PSYCHE

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    S1:E3

    Alice, Julie, and Reika are minor celebrities in their class after they witness a shooting at The Cyberia. Lain is given a black-market chip for her computer, but it seems she is also being followed.

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  21. Background image for Texhnophile
    7.7/10(3 votes)

    #21 - Texhnophile

    Missing info
    S1:E3

    We see some flashbacks of Ichise's childhood. His father was tortured and hanged for some crime he committed. A short time later, his mother became very ill and died. He received a vial from the hospital that contained some of her cells and he had kept it with him since. He wakes up in Doc's Lab and he freaks out that he doesn't have the vial. She tells him that she used the contents as part of a new Texhnolyze Unit that will become his new arm and leg. He freaks out, but she knocks him unconscious. Some men from the Alliance attempt to assassinate Oonishi, but fail miserably. We learn that Kimata, the Alliance's leader, is Texhnolyzed, which is strictly against their ideals. We also see Oonishi's wife, Mana, for the first time. She is very unresponsive and almost seems to be off in her 'own world'.

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  22. Background image for Myth
    7.7/10(3 votes)

    #22 - Myth

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    S1:E20

    Ichise and Kano have a showdown. What will become or remain of the city of Lux? More origins of the Lux is revealed.

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  23. Background image for Layer:11 – INFORNOGRAPHY
    7.6/10(16 votes)

    #23 - Layer:11 – INFORNOGRAPHY

    Missing info
    S1:E11

    Alone and frightened, Lain immerses herself in the WIRED, processing the events of the past few weeks and searching for the truth of who she is.

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  24. Background image for The Banquet
    7.5/10(4 votes)

    #24 - The Banquet

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    S1:E8

    The farce concerns the ultimate fate of the gem called the Penultimate Night, and the identity of the mysterious man who absconded with a certain detective's long-lost body. For what purpose does M pursue the Penultimate Night?

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  25. Background image for Forfeiture
    7.3/10(3 votes)

    #25 - Forfeiture

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    S1:E2

    Things just aren't going Ichise's way. In an attempt at blind rage, he gets his left leg cut off by Isshii (in addition to his right arm in the first episode). Oonishi sees his men at the warehouse and scolds Aida for not coming to him first. He then tells Ichise that he won't kill him because he still has the will to live. After this, Ichise drags himself through the streets with his severed limbs tied to his good leg. He eventually fashions a makeshift crutch, but it doesn't help him that much. Yoshii and the Elder have a little chat. Yoshii says that he didn't come down for any particular reason. The Elder doesn't really know if Yoshii's coming is a good or a bad omen. He has Yoshii take the train to Lux with Ran. On the train, we learn that Ran comes to the city alone often and that she sells flowers at the market there. We also learn from the Elder that she has the ability to see into the near future.

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Chiaki J. Konaka Ratings Summary

"His Master's Voice" is the best rated episode written by Chiaki J. Konaka. It scored 9.5/10 based on 2 votes. It was directed by N/A. It aired on 6/25/2000 and is rated 0.7 points higher than their second-best episode, "Guilmon Comes Alive".