10.0/101 votes#1 - SILENCE 02
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 2/5/2022
A tense standoff during the attempt to rescue AR15 is interrupted when the Sangvis troops go out of control and start shooting each other.
Director: Masahiro Takata
Writer: Hideyuki Kurata
10.0/101 votes#2 - THE MESSAGE 01
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 2/12/2022
M4A1 continues her search for M16. But the members of 404 are after her as well, and they don't have good intentions…
Director: Naoki Matsuura
Writer: Hideyuki Kurata
10.0/102 votes#3 - A Bamboo Broom and a Champion of Justice
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 10/2/2007
Kojirō, the coach of Muroe High's kendo club, makes a bet with his senpai, Kenzaburō, on a practice match between both schools, but the fighters must be 5 girls, no boys. Kojirō's victory would mean he could eat all he wants at Kenzaburō's father's sushi restaurant for a full year. Kojirō desperately needs to find more talented female kendo students because he only has 2 girls in his club. With only a month remaining before his match with Kenzaburō's team, he meets an extremely talented freshman, Kawazoe Tamaki.
Director: Tatsuya Igarashi
Writer: Hideyuki Kurata
10.0/102 votes#4 - Tamaki Kawazoe and Rin Suzuki
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 2/26/2008
Rin and Tama along with the production crew go on location to film the new Blade Braver movie, where an incident gets both of them the replacement roles in the new film. The rest of the Kendo club members either practice or take the day off doing what they want. The episode concludes with Kōjiro returning from his business trip.
Director: Kaoru Suzuki
Writer: Hideyuki Kurata
10.0/102 votes#5 - The Sword and the Way
Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 3/18/2008
Kirino attempts and fails to prevent Tamaki from resigning from the kendo club, the latter already having decided to give up. Neither she nor Miyako decide to attend kendo club, and nobody knows Miyako's whereabouts. Eventually even Kirino decides not to attend, and the only members left are Satori, Yūji, Danjūrō, and Sayako. Satori manages to convince Miyako to keep up with kendo, while Sayako dissuades Kirino from quitting kendo. Yūji comforts Tamaki, telling her that losing is not as bad as she thinks, and Tamaki decides to learn jōdan to help improve her kendo skills. Eventually she decides to come back to kendo club, and the members are reunited.
Director: Rion Kujo
Writer: Hideyuki Kurata
10.0/102 votes#6 - "Since Then" and "From Here On Out"
Season 1 Episode 26 - Aired 4/1/2008
It is a new year and several months have passed since the National competition. Two freshmen show up to join the club. The members one by one appear trying to convince them to join the club only to perform sideshow tricks leaving the freshmen unimpressed. The club later have a sparring match which causes the freshmen to become enthusiastic about joining the club. Its later revealed that these two new members are the siblings of the previous members that quit. Kojiro returns back to school having settled the problem with the old lady that forced him to leave. At the very end of the episode Tama-chan encounters a long purple haired woman with blue eyes, hinting that Bamboo Blade may have another season to come.
Director: Tatsuya Igarashi
Writer: Hideyuki Kurata
9.0/101 votes#7 - THE KINDLING 01
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 2/26/2022
Griffin's commanders are summoned to an emergency meeting at a secret HQ after the discovery of a piece of secret Sangvis data.
Director: Takahiro Otsuka
Writer: Hideyuki Kurata
9.0/101 votes#8 - THE KINDLING 02
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 3/5/2022
AR Team goes on the hunt for Destroyer, the Ringleader behind the attack on the secret HQ. But something's wrong with AR15…
Director: Mizuki Sasaki
Writer: Hideyuki Kurata
9.0/101 votes#9 - THE KINDLING 03
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 3/12/2022
AR15 is now a fugitive, hunted by both Griffin and Sangvis. The rest of AR Team wants to hunt for her, but Griffin has other plans for them.
Director: N/A
Writer: Hideyuki Kurata
9.0/101 votes#10 - COMET 01
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 3/19/2022
Squad Negev is assigned to help find the missing AR15. But they're cut off by Sangvis and trapped.
Director: Masato Suzuki
Writer: Hideyuki Kurata
9.0/104 votes#11 - The Two Hitokiri
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 8/18/2023
Knowing how strong Kenshin was when he was the Hitokiri Battosai, Jine takes Kaoru hostage in order to fuel Kenshin's anger. The two engage in a fierce battle. However, Jine, believing that Kenshin has not yet regained his former strength, inflicts the Nikaido Heiho "Shin no Ippo" on Kaoru, causing her to stop breathing. With only two minutes until Kaoru dies of asphyxiation - Kenshin's anger reaches its peak.
Director: Yoshitaka Makino
Writer: Hideyuki Kurata
8.8/105 votes#12 - Tokyo Samurai - Yahiko Myojin
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 7/14/2023
It's been a week since the resolution of the crossroad killing case, in which the name of the Kamiya Kasshin-ryu was deceptively used. Although the name of Kamiya Dojo has been cleared, there's no sign of an increase in the number of Kaoru's students. Then a passing boy, Yahiko Myojin, pickpockets Kenshin's wallet. Kenshin gives him the wallet, saying that it was his fault for allowing it to get stolen. Yahiko is repulsed at being treated like a child, but he has a reason to collect the money.
Director: Kazunari Araki
Writer: Hideyuki Kurata
8.8/105 votes#13 - Kasshin-ryu - Reborn
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 7/21/2023
Yahiko's heart is moved by Kenshin and he decides to quit pickpocketing. Yahiko refuses to pay Kanto Shueigumi and resists their demands, but he is beaten up. Kenshin comes to his rescue and settles the matter. Regretful that he could not solve the problem by himself, Yahiko wishes to become stronger. Seeing this, Kenshin takes Yahiko to the Kamiya Dojo.
Director: Minami
Writer: Hideyuki Kurata
8.8/103 votes#14 - Kurogasa
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 8/11/2023
Kenshin receives a request from the police chief, asking for his help to take down "Kurogasa," a serial killer who has been repeatedly targeting former Revolutionary warriors. Kenshin and Sanosuke go to escort Jusanro Tani, who received a letter containing a death threat. As warned in the letter, at 1:00 a.m. sharp, Kurogasa appears. His true identity was Jine Udo, a vagabond slayer who had made a name for himself in the assassination business since the Bakumatsu Era.
Director: Keisuke Nishijima
Writer: Hideyuki Kurata
8.5/102 votes#15 - THE ECHO
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 1/22/2022
M4A1 is trapped behind enemy lines with a deadly Sangvis Executioner after her. But even with Griffin T-Doll teams nearby, she's still reluctant to turn to them for help...
Director: Takahiro Otsuka
Writer: Hideyuki Kurata
8.5/104 votes#16 - The Fighter for Hire - Sanosuke Sagara
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 7/28/2023
Kenshin, Kaoru, and Yahiko visit Akabeko, a beef hot-pot restaurant, where a group of democratic rights activists gets into a heated argument. One of them throws a bottle of sake, and it hits Kenshin, causing a commotion. Sanosuke Sagara, who happened to be in the store during the quarrel, stood up and blew away the activists with a single flick to the forehead. Seeing Kenshin's strength, Sanosuke's curiosity is roused and he asks, "You wanna buy a fight from me?"
Director: Yoshitaka Makino
Writer: Hideyuki Kurata
8.5/103 votes#17 - And Then, Another
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 8/4/2023
Kenshin confronts Sanosuke, who wields the giant Zanbato with ease. However, Sanosuke shows his incredible durability after withstanding a strike from Kenshin with ease. This leads Kenshin to instead launch a barrage of blows at him, and Sanosuke falls to the ground. For a moment it looked as if victory has been decided. However, while Sanosuke is in a daze, he recalls the reason for his obsession with victory, his past from ten years ago when he was in the Sekiho Army...
Director: Akira Odama
Writer: Hideyuki Kurata
8.5/102 votes#18 - Resurrection of the Wolf
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 12/1/2023
Kenshin sees a dream recalling the Shinsengumi, who he faced off against back when he was a Revolutionary warrior. The Shinsengumi was a group of highly skilled swordsmen who he fought on equal footing back when he was the Hitokiri Battosai. He feels unsettled and ponders why he is suddenly remembering them. As the tension persists, a mysterious man with very unique-looking eyes pays a visit to the Kamiya Dojo while Kenshin, Kaoru, and Yahiko are not home. When he meets Sanosuke, who just happened to be at the Dojo, he claims that he is Goro Fujita, a medicine seller, but...
Director: Tetsuya Endo
Writer: Hideyuki Kurata
8.5/102 votes#19 - The Wolf's Fangs
Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 12/8/2023
After defeating Arundo Akamatsu, Kenshin returns to the Kamiya Dojo and sees Hajime Saito. Hajime had introduced himself to Kaoru and Yahiko as Goro Fujita, the police officer, and they had invited him into the Dojo without any suspicion. Hajime criticizes Kenshin and the others for their naivety. Over the past ten years that Kenshin had washed his hands of manslaying, Hajime had honed his killing intent and skills as a hitman, and now Hajime's ferocity was aimed at them.
Director: Hideyo Yamamoto
Writer: Hideyuki Kurata
8.0/103 votes#20 - The Princess's Ordeal
Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 12/15/2023
Goblin Slayer and party head into the Dungeon of the Dead to go save the Princess.
Director: Mitsukuni Samoto
Writer: Hideyuki Kurata
8.0/101 votes#21 - THE MESSAGE 02
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 2/19/2022
AR Team tracks down Intruder, the Sangvis T-Doll commander. But Intruder is a commander-type, and has more than a few tricks up her sleeve…
Director: Shigeru Ueda
Writer: Hideyuki Kurata
8.0/101 votes#22 - COMET 02
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 3/26/2022
As the Sangvis Mastermind throws hordes of T-Dolls at Griffin in an attempt to capture M4A1, AR15 prepares herself to make one last sacrifice for her friends.
Director: Masato Suzuki
Writer: Hideyuki Kurata
8.0/103 votes#23 - Beauty on the Run
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 8/25/2023
Sanosuke's friend has died from an opium overdose. However, Kenshin and Sanosuke are perplexed at how he even got his hands on the drug, since opium is banned and too expensive for the average person to afford. Then a mysterious woman, Megumi Takani, appears before them. Kenshin and the others fight off Kanryu Takeda's private army who is trying to capture Megumi. However, Megumi is carrying opium...
Director: Kayona Yamada
Writer: Hideyuki Kurata
8.0/103 votes#24 - The Oniwabanshu Strike
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 9/1/2023
Hyottoko, a member of the Oniwaban group, raids Kamiya Dojo, where Megumi is hiding. He unleashes his special attack "Fire Breath," in which he breathes fire from his mouth, onto Kenshin and Sanosuke. Anticipating the defeat of Kenshin and the others at the appearance of the powerful middle-ranked spy, Megumi tries to flee the scene, but Kaoru stops her and says "He's fighting for you," telling her to believe in Kenshin's strength.
Director: Shohei Yamanaka
Writer: Hideyuki Kurata
8.0/103 votes#25 - A Reason to Act
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 9/8/2023
The pursuers from the Oniwaban Group haven't made an appearance for over a week, and during this time Megumi familiarized herself with the Kamiya Dojo group. Sanosuke, however, was still unsettled and feeling frustrated knowing that Megumi was the one who made the opium that caused his friend's death. Then one day, Megumi suddenly disappears. In a letter they found from her, it stated that she had left of her own volition, but Kenshin and the others found this to be unnatural. They decide to head to Kanryu Takeda's residence, the man who was sending spies after her.
Director: Minami
Writer: Hideyuki Kurata
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"SILENCE 02" is the best rated episode written by Hideyuki Kurata. It scored 10/10 based on 1 votes. It was directed by Masahiro Takata. It aired on 2/5/2022 and is rated 0.0 points higher than their second-best episode, "THE MESSAGE 01".