10.0/101 votes#1 - The Final Judgment
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 3/26/2018
The 4th station of the Ryuo battle between the master and Yaichi, which is held at the hot spring inn Hinatsuru. If he loses here, Yaichi loses the title of Ryuo. But his heart was calm and clear. Aito, Ginko, and Katsura watch the biggest battle in Shogi history in the waiting room. And Tengi watching the online broadcast from home. No one knows the whereabouts of the game. Supported by the eyes of Ai who believes in the victory of the master, Yaichi challenges the fateful battle! !!
Director: Masayuki Matsumoto
Writer: Fumihiko Shimo
10.0/101 votes#2 - The Disappearing Adagio
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 2/2/2007
Hoping to make her final days special, Yuichi hatches a plan to surprise Shiori with a birthday party on the day before her birthday! But there’s one thing he must do first - convince Kaori to attend the party.
Director: Yasuhiro Takemoto
Writer: Fumihiko Shimo
9.5/104 votes#3 - The Ends of the Earth
Season 2 Episode 18 - Aired 2/13/2009
While on the trip, Tomoya buys a toy robot he picks out for Ushio to play with after they arrive in the countryside. The next day, after staying at an inn the previous night, Tomoya and Ushio take a walk through the area and come across a field of flowers. Ushio plays in the field as Tomoya watches, but Ushio soon loses the robot in the field; they try to look for it, but to no avail. Remembering something from his past, Tomoya goes off to another area and meets his grandmother Shino Okazaki, his father's mother. She tells Tomoya how he came here with his father shortly after his mother died, and Shino tells Tomoya how his father worked very hard to support him over the years. Tomoya finally comes to terms with his father, and realizes he is not a bad father. When they go back to the field where Ushio is, she still cannot find the robot, and does not want to stop looking because it was the first thing her father ever gave her. Tomoya realizes his previous mistakes and vows to try his best for Ushio from now on, who is very happy at the prospect of being with her father. On the way home, Tomoya starts telling Ushio about Nagisa for the first time.
Director: Noriko Takao
Writer: Fumihiko Shimo
9.5/104 votes#4 - The End of the World
Season 2 Episode 21 - Aired 3/6/2009
Ushio's fever does not back down and Tomoya decides to stay home to take care of her. In case he had to leave home, he calls for both Akio and Sanae to take his place. Ushio tells Tomoya that she wants to go on a trip again like last time, but he declines and tells her that it will happen once she gets better. After resigning from his work, Akio offers him some money, but Tomoya declines his kindness and Akio states that every man has something to protect. After several months, winter arrives, and Ushio's fever still does not back down, and Tomoya seems to be getting sick too. Ushio once again ask Tomoya to go on a trip, and he ultimately accepts thinking that he might not be able to fulfill another promised wish. After they leave the house, Ushio's fever worsens, and she dies in his arms right after telling her father that she loves him. Soon after, Tomoya collapses as well.
Director: Noriyuki Kitanohara
Writer: Fumihiko Shimo
9.3/104 votes#5 - White Darkness
Season 2 Episode 16 - Aired 1/30/2009
Winter comes and Nagisa enters the final months of her pregnancy, but she becomes sick again. On a snowy day, Nagisa goes into labor two weeks early and her family, unable to transport her to a hospital in time, is forced to have her give birth at home. After an excruciating process, Nagisa successfully gives birth to her daughter, Ushio, but the delivery and her illness combined take their toll on her and Nagisa dies moments after seeing her newborn baby. Tomoya, who has stayed by her side for the entire time, does not take the sudden turn of events well. His dream of raising their daughter together as a family is shattered.
Director: Naoko Yamada
Writer: Fumihiko Shimo
9.3/104 votes#6 - Summertime
Season 2 Episode 17 - Aired 2/6/2009
Five years after Tomoya left Ushio with Sanae and Akio, he spends his days at work and spending money on smoking and drinking. Sanae and Tomoya go out together into town, and she asks him to go with her and Akio on a family trip; after Sanae continues to ask him, he accepts. The day of the trip, he discovers that both Sanae and Akio have left him and Ushio alone together. The two spend the next day and night together, and when Sanae and Akio still do not show up, Tomoya asks Ushio if she would be willing to still go on a trip, even if it was only with a person like him. The two decide to take the trip by themselves and, as they walk, Tomoya wonders where they are headed.
Director: Mitsuyoshi Yoneda
Writer: Fumihiko Shimo
9.3/104 votes#7 - The Road Home
Season 2 Episode 19 - Aired 2/20/2009
Tomoya and Ushio get back from their trip together. After spending a night with Nagisa's parents, they leave to Tomoya's apartment, where they will both be living from now on. Some time later, Tomoya takes a day off from work and the two meet up with Kouko, whose sister Fuko has been released from the hospital. Afterward, Tomoya and Ushio visit Tomoya's father. Tomoya manages to convince his father into moving back to the countryside with his mother. While Tomoya and Ushio say goodbye to Tomoya's father, a light appears and gets absorbed by Tomoya, while only being noticed by Ushio.
Director: Kazuya Sakamoto
Writer: Fumihiko Shimo
9.0/101 votes#8 - So This is an Adult Drinking Party...
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 7/11/2016
It's Aoba Suzukaze's second week on the job. She's learning the job quickly and gets assigned to her first project. At the end of the week, the character team throws her a welcome party. With alcohol coming and going, Aoba gets one step closer to adulthood.
Director: Ryohei Takeshita
Writer: Fumihiko Shimo
9.0/101 votes#9 - Please Train the New Hires Properly
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 8/15/2016
Aoba Suzukaze thought she was done with the villager project. However, Umiko Ahagon comes to her with some problems. The models she designed are filled with errors, and no one at her department told her about it. Umiko shows frustration toward Aoba, but more so toward her supervisor, Ko Yagami.
Director: Hiroshi Haraguchi
Writer: Fumihiko Shimo
9.0/101 votes#10 - One of My Dreams Came True!
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 9/19/2016
Fairies Story 3, the game everyone's been working on, goes out to the public. The sales are looking good, and Eagle Jump is hosting a celebration party for everyone who was involved.
Director: Yoshiyuki Fujiwara
Writer: Fumihiko Shimo
9.0/101 votes#11 - I Ran Away from Home with My Sister
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/21/2013
The class goes on a school trip to help out in a rice field, where Natsumi and Komari end up getting stuck in the mud. Later that night, Komari gets frightened after seeing a scary movie, which is not helped by Natsumi. After getting into a fight with her mother, Natsumi runs away from home with Komari in tow and goes to her secret hideout. They eventually spot a cat that had put Natsumi in trouble in the first place, but leave her alone when they see she is feeding her family and eventually head home.
Director: Matsuo Asami
Writer: Fumihiko Shimo
9.0/101 votes#12 - My Rice Cracker Turned Into Curry
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 11/18/2013
With Kazuha absent at the start of the new semester, the girls try and find ways to pass the time in class. Later, Hotaru and Renge try and catch a rabbit that had escaped from its pen, only for it to lock them inside the pen themselves, though they are eventually rescued by Kazuha. Afterwards, Renge visits the candy store run by Kaede Kagayama, who finds her to be a handful.
Director: Junya Koshiba
Writer: Fumihiko Shimo
9.0/101 votes#13 - We Tried Having a Cultural Festival
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 12/2/2013
Since the school doesn’t hold cultural festivals, Natsumi suggests they hold their own and invite the alumni, including Kaede, Konomi and Hikage. At the festival, the girls run a café, hold an art exhibit and put on a play. However, they’re play ends up being overwhelming and they end up slacking on food orders. They do eventually work together to prepare some food and have fun. Afterwards, Komari and Konomi help clean Natsumi’s room, where they find a lot of old toys.
Director: Jun Fukuda
Writer: Fumihiko Shimo
9.0/101 votes#14 - We Got Motivated During the Holiday Break
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 7/20/2015
It’s the day before Golden Week, and the students of Asahigaoka Branch School listen to the voice of their unmotivated teacher, Kazuho, as they take tests. Natsumi struggles the most with the tests, so the others help her study during the break. Then, during Golden Week, the students agree to do their holiday homework together, so Renge decides to do something about their lazy teacher before the others arrive…
Director: Yutaka Hirata
Writer: Fumihiko Shimo
9.0/101 votes#15 - We Ate Okonomiyaki
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 8/3/2015
One morning, Natsumi uses a toy fortune dispenser to read Komari’s fortune, and tells it her, “bad luck: beware of water.” Komari says she won’t be near any water that day anyway, but when they get to school, they’re told that they’ll be cleaning the school pool… The next day, the Koshigaya sisters are bored at home on a day off from school, so Natsumi reads Komari’s fortune again and draws yet another “bad luck”…
Director: Yutaka Hirata
Writer: Fumihiko Shimo
9.0/101 votes#16 - We Looked at the Moon Together
Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 8/31/2015
Natsumi’s mother asks Natsumi to go catch something to live in the family’s pond, and Natsumi agrees when she’s told she’ll be paid. She lends Natsumi a watch and tells her to be home by curfew, and all the kids go out for a day of fishing. Later, Konomi sees that Natsumi still doesn’t seem like a girl at all even now that she’s in middle school, and brings some of her old outfits over for her to try on…
Director: Takashi Ikehata
Writer: Fumihiko Shimo
9.0/101 votes#17 - We Were Always Like This
Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 1/25/2021
After breaking a bonsai planter with a Surefire Kill Shot, Natsumi and Hikage practice the art of apology… sort of. Turns out neither one of them is very good at it.
Director: Kento Shintani
Writer: Fumihiko Shimo
9.0/101 votes#18 - We All Went Camping Together
Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 2/15/2021
It’s time to go camping! Ren’s heart and mind are prepared, but a nighttime stroll through the woods will put her willpower to the test.
Director: Junya Koshiba
Writer: Fumihiko Shimo
9.0/101 votes#19 - The other Ai
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 1/29/2018
At the request of Kudan, the chairman of the Shogi Federation, Yaichi met Yasha Shinteni, a selfish young lady in the 4th grade of elementary school. Although it is a twisted and high-flying garment, the skill of shogi is quite good. Yaichi, who thought that the existence of his rivals would strengthen his relationship, secretly decided to welcome Tengi as a disciple. Yaichi trains his garment at the Shogi Dojo in the New World, refraining from being in a bad mood when he takes another disciple. Of course, Ai couldn't have noticed such a suspicious master ...
Director: Masayuki Matsumoto
Writer: Fumihiko Shimo
9.0/101 votes#20 - Artlessly Flawless
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 2/5/2018
Yaichi unfortunately found the site where he was secretly practicing his garment. Ai was furious that she was lying and "practicing" with a "cute" girl of the same age. Due to the provocation of Tengi and Yaichi's rant, Ai "gets out" and stays in Master Kiyotaki's house. Yaichi goes to bring Ai back, but the words of the master who understands all the circumstances of the matter decide to keep Ai at the master's house for a while. After learning the practice at the shogi dojo in the town, Tengi decided to take the entrance examination for the workshop.
Director: Akira Shigino
Writer: Fumihiko Shimo
9.0/101 votes#21 - All-Rounder
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 2/12/2018
Yaichi's natural enemy is Yaichi Yamato, who is an all-rounder and has the nickname of "both swordsmen." Yaichi asks General Ikuishi Mitsuru, who has the nickname of "Maestro", to teach him and aim to become the same all-rounder before the rematch with him, who was defeated in the game after a long absence and is about to come three weeks later. Yaichi and Ai go to the public bath and dojo "Gokigen no Yu" run by Ikishi every day to practice. Not only to win the sword cutting, but also to prepare for the battle with the master who was called the strongest genius in history.
Director: Yasuyuki Shinozaki
Writer: Fumihiko Shimo
9.0/101 votes#22 - First Tournament
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 2/26/2018
Ai and Tengi participated in the challenge match of the biggest competition in the women's shogi world, "My Navi Women's Open", along with Katsura. The two have won four consecutive victories. Yaichi felt a little loneliness with joy in the grown-up appearance of his disciples. The next day, Yaichi, who was invited to the shogi broadcast, was in charge of commentary with a female shogi player, Tamaki Kajiba. However, when he was furious at the flirtatious appearance, he broke into the studio with JS Lab. Rumors of suspicion of Ryuo Lolicon all over the country due to a series of misleading problem statements ...! ??
Director: Akira Shigino
Writer: Fumihiko Shimo
9.0/101 votes#23 - Spinning Dragon
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 3/12/2018
An absolute god-like champion and master with six titles of eternal qualifications. The Ryuo battle will be held in which the master will "challenge" the current Ryuo Yaichi. The venue for the first station is Hawaii, an island of everlasting summer. At the resort-like eve, Ai's 10th birthday is also celebrated, and innocent comments asking her to win are praised. And the first station that was greeted. The master sets up an unexpected "one-handed loss angle replacement" in Yaichi. Yaichi, who is familiar with this tactic, seemed to have an advantage in the situation ...
Director: Kohei Hatano
Writer: Fumihiko Shimo
9.0/101 votes#24 - Best Wishes
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 3/19/2018
After finishing the third station of the Ryuo War, Yaichi is impatient because he can't even reward his masters. I can't afford to think about the fact that I fell down with a fever. He refused even Ginko's best advice. Every day I'm lonely, staying in my room and immersing myself in my research. Hoping for Yaichi's revival, Katsura leaves a note asking him to watch his game. The next Mynavi main race is a big chance for Katsura to become a female shogi player. What does she want to tell Yaichi through the game?
Director: Junto Sasaki
Writer: Fumihiko Shimo
9.0/101 votes#25 - Cycle of Salvation
Season 4 Episode 12 - Aired 6/24/2022
Driven by her resolve to erase the Spirit of Origin from existence, Kurumi is fighting a battle of her own. And at long last, the identity of Phantom is revealed.
Director: Hiroyuki Kambe
Writer: Fumihiko Shimo
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"The Final Judgment" is the best rated episode written by Fumihiko Shimo. It scored 10/10 based on 1 votes. It was directed by Masayuki Matsumoto. It aired on 3/26/2018 and is rated 0.0 points higher than their second-best episode, "The Disappearing Adagio".