The Best Episodes Written By Hiroko Kanasugi

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   8.7/10(3 votes)

   #1 - Escape Using an Invincible Suit of Camouflage! + Get Fired Up! PK Academy Sports Day + Don’t Catch Fire! Safety Drill!

   S1:E58/8/2016

   Kusuo changes his routine so that he can get home from school in time to watch anime. His worried friends, meanwhile, are searching all over for him.

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   8.0/10(2 votes)

   #2 - The One Behind the Forest Fire

   S1:E141/9/2021

   Towa and Setsuna set off to slay Homura, an evil mountain god who has abducted a beautiful maiden. The twins learn that Homura was involved in the forest fire that separated them.

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   8.0/10(3 votes)

   #3 - Title Match!! The Tomo-1 Queen Contest

   S1:E233/24/2023

   The finalists have different motives. Lum wants Ataru’s attention, Ran wants to get in Lum’s way, Shinobu and Sakura want the money, and Ryunosuke has something to prove.

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   8.0/10(2 votes)

   #4 - One Night's Battle / Deadly Peril in the Classroom

   S1:E405/10/2024

   Nagisa needs a kiss from Ryunosuke to pass on, which is easier said than done. Later, Mark threatens his class with supplementary lessons if he catches them talking.

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   7.5/10(2 votes)

   #5 - Kotatsu Love / Lum Becomes a Cow / The Home Visit Blues: Luxurious Mendo Edition

   S1:E292/16/2024

   Life is full of unexpected events, like an extra lively kotatsu purchase and Lum believing she’s turning into a cow.

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   7.5/10(2 votes)

   #6 - Nagisa's Fiancé / The Fairy's Parasol

   S1:E395/3/2024

   Ryunosuke and her father are now the proud owners of a seaside cafe and an island after paying a suspiciously cheap price! Later, a fairy asks Ten to find his missing parasol.

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   7.3/10(3 votes)

   #7 - Transfer Student Close Call... / Farewell Party Close Call...

   S1:E812/2/2022

   Is Ataru seeing double, or are there really two hot new transfer students at school? And what does the super cute newbie Ran want from him and Lum!?

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   7.3/10(3 votes)

   #8 - Ten Is Here / A Date for Just the Two of Us

   S1:E121/6/2023

   Lum’s cousin Ten thinks Lum should look for greener romantic pastures! And if Lum can’t see reason, Ten will burn her relationship with Ataru to the ground.

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   7.3/10(3 votes)

   #9 - Recovering That Which Was Lost

   S1:E203/3/2023

   Three punks challenge Lum and her friends to a duel after stealing Benten’s precious chain.

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    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #10 - Princess Aiya’s Beniyasha Hunting

    S1:E192/13/2021

    The deputy shogun’s daughter Aiya offers to employ the demon slayers if they win in a battle against the bounty hunters.

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    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #11 - That Choice Put My Life in Motion

    S1:E110/10/2013

    Kanade Amakusa is a high schooler cursed with something he dubbed "Absolute Choice" and despite being handsome, he is forced to do actions that would classify him as a weirdo. In class, his classmates, Furano Yukihira and Ouka Yuouji mess around with him and his life is quite the opposite of a love comedy and rather sad. One day, Kanade is forced to make another absurd choice. After making his decision, something falls down from the sky...

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    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #12 - Secret Technique! Make Them Laugh with a Butakku Joke! / Objection! Butakku Trial

    S1:E210/17/2013

    Because of the last choice Kanade made, a mysterious girl named Chocolat came falling from the sky. It appears that Chocolat has something to do with the curse of Absolute Choice that anguishes Kanade, so he lets her live with him in his house. It's then that Kanade recieves a mission on his phone: to make his classmate, Yukihira Furano laugh. Considering the fact that she's cold, shows no emotion, and has a sharp tongue, this isn't an easy matter.

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13. 

    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #13 - Little Sister Shows Up / Stomach Gets Upset

    S1:E511/7/2013

    Kanade is forced into appearing in the biggest event, the battle of the welcoming party. The battle will be between Popularity Five and Reject Five. Kanade, Furano, and Ouka will be appearing as the Reject Five.

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    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #14 - My Freeloader Can't Be This Smart?! / My Thing Can't Be This Amazing?!

    S1:E811/28/2013

    The battle has come to an end and Kanade has cleared the mission, jusst to have another Absolute Choice come up. It tells him that he has to either hug Chocolat, Furano, or Ouka.

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    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #15 - Life Is a Series of Choices / Life Is a Series of Chores

    S1:E1012/12/2013

    Kanade and Ouka go into a haunted house for the mission to make Ouka cry, however because of her fear, she reverts into a little child. Kanade throws out the mission and decides to help the scared Ouka out of the haunted house.

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    7.0/10(3 votes)

    #16 - A Chest Full of Longing!! / Wish Upon a Star

    S1:E172/10/2023

    Ryunosuke teams up with three delinquents to help Shinobu ward off an unwanted suitor. Later, Ataru’s family must be careful what they wish for.

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    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #17 - Haunted Mendo / Last Date

    S1:E333/15/2024

    Whether it’s an octopus or a girl burdened by regrets, spirits need assistance from the living. Unexpectedly, Mendo and Ataru find themselves navigating these burdens.

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    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #18 - Curse of the Man-Eating Pond

    S1:E1112/12/2020

    Something wicked lurks in the Man-Eating Pond, devouring any human, beast or bird that comes near. Towa and Setsuna meet Hikomaru and Chiyo, siblings who lost their parents to the pond.

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    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #19 - Kataomoi Otome / Kata Omoi Tome / Katahou Gay, Katahou Homo

    S0:E15/20/2014

    Unaired TV episode bundled with the light novel's volume 8.

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    4.5/10(2 votes)

    #20 - Demon Spirit of the Sea

    S1:E2610/9/2021

    Having restored Setsuna to life and recovered from her exhaustion, Towa finds herself alone as Setsuna and Moroha begin searching for the mystical root needed to forge Towa a new sword.

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    4.0/10(2 votes)

    #21 - Hisui the Demon Slayer

    S1:E3011/6/2021

    Setsuna is kidnapped by Princess Aiya, daughter of the deputy shogun. Wanting to escape her studies, Princess Aiya begs Setsuna to be her body double for a day, but the princess’s new tutor turns out to be Hisui posing as his older sister Kin’u!

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