The Best Episodes Written By Kazuki Nakashima

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   #1 - Transforming High School Life

   S22:E19/4/2011

   The new school year begins at Amanogawa High School, and Kengo Utahoshi is detecting strange energies around the school. And things get stranger when yankee-looking Gentaro Kisaragi transfers into the school and decides that he wants to be Kengo's friend.

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   #2 - Come On, Outer Space

   S22:E29/11/2011

   Kengo reveals to Gentaro that he must turn off the Zodiarts Switch used by the person who activated it in order to truly defeat a Zodiarts. As Gentaro and Yuki search the campus for the owner of the Zodiarts Switch, she begins to tell Gentaro more about Kengo and how he came to have the Fourze Driver and the Astroswitches.

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   #3 - Final Episode: Youthful Galaxy

   S22:E488/5/2012

   With Kengo's death at the hands of Sagittarius Nova and the destruction of the Rabbit Hatch, a distraught Kamen Rider Club reads the final letter from the Core Child written before his death. A resolved duo of Riders must face the Horoscopes one last time to avenge their fallen friend and stop the Day of Awakening for good.

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   9.2/10(6 votes)

   #4 - I Accept Your Last Wish!

   S1:E259/16/2007

   Team Dai-Gurren struggles to escape from the ocean of despair created by the Anti-Spirals without success, until history repeats itself, as another irreplaceable member of the Team sacrifices himself to save the others.

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   #5 - Later, Buddy

   S1:E85/20/2007

   Having temporarily stalled Viral and Thymilph in the last skirmish, the Team Gurren and their newly arrived allies join forces as "Team Dai-Gurren" and launch a decisive strike against the regrouping Gunmen force.

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   #6 - Let's Go, Buddy

   S1:E269/23/2007

   After finally transforming their flagship into the Super Galactic Gurren-Lagann, Simon and his friends successfully fight back against the enemy. When their enemy starts to use their own memories and desires against them, Kamina reappears to help.

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   #7 - Volume Heaven

   S1:E17/24/2004

   A mysterious terrorist organization creates chaos and destruction. While the Japanese police, led by Inspector Aki Natsuko, is in pursuit, a single woman on a motorcycle stops and defeats them. Gold Claw, and the terrorist organization Panther Claw, battle the mysterious woman: Cutie Honey, the warrior of love.

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   8.9/10(7 votes)

   #8 - This Is My Final Duty!

   S1:E228/26/2007

   The Gurren-Lagann and the Arc-Gurren join together to form the massive Arc-Gurren-Lagann and stop the Human Annihilation System.

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   8.8/10(6 votes)

   #9 - Let's Go, This Is the Final Battle

   S1:E239/2/2007

   The members of Team Dai-Gurren make their preparations for the imminent war against the Anti-Spirals, but Rossiu is missing. However, when Kinon tells Simon about what he really intends to do, both start to look desperately for him.

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    8.8/10(6 votes)

    #10 - The Lights in the Sky Are Stars

    S1:E279/30/2007

    At last, Simon and Nia are reunited, and by combining the power of its members, Team Dai-Gurren creates the galaxy-sized Tengen Toppa Gurren-Lagann, and engage the Anti-Spiral threat in a decisive battle to determine the fate of the universe.

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    8.7/10(6 votes)

    #11 - You Are Someone Who Ought to Survive

    S1:E218/19/2007

    One year earlier, Yoko starts working as a schoolteacher on an island until she learns of the situation at Teppelin and returns to break Simon free. Once again reunited, Simon and the members of Team Dai-Gurren launch themselves into space to protect the Arc-Gurren from the enemy forces, now accompanied by Viral as co-pilot of the Gurren-Lagann.

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    8.6/10(11 votes)

    #12 - Incomplete

    S1:E213/7/2014

    Ryuko's rampage continues, and thanks to Ragyo and Nui she has an unexpected new ally. With Satsuki as the target, will the Elite Four and Nudist Beach be able to withstand the onslaught?

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    8.5/10(11 votes)

    #13 - A Loser I Can't Hate

    S1:E711/15/2013

    Mako is offered a better life away from poverty. To do so she must don a suit and face Ryuko in combat.

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    8.5/10(11 votes)

    #14 - A Once in a Lifetime Chance

    S1:E911/29/2013

    The final round of Honnouji Academy’s Naturals Election is about to begin and the Elite Four all want to be the first to fight Ryuko. Her homeroom teacher, Aikuro Mikisugi, is concerned if she’ll be able to make it through one fight, let alone all four!

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    8.5/10(11 votes)

    #15 - Spit Your Sadness Away

    S1:E1212/20/2013

    Ryuko comes face to face with her father's killer, but can she contain her rage? Mako and the Elite Four look on as she rampages on, coming closer and closer to death. Will Satsuki or anyone else be able to stop her?

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    8.5/10(11 votes)

    #16 - Into the Night

    S1:E182/14/2014

    The Honnouji Academy Cultural & Sports Grand Festival comes to an abrupt and very unexpected conclusion! Battle lines are drawn and Ryuko must decide who is friend and who is foe. But will she have the power to resist the power of the Life Fiber?

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    8.5/10(6 votes)

    #17 - You Don't Know Anything!

    S1:E177/22/2007

    During the following seven years, a new civilization rises and prospers under Simon's leadership. However, these peaceful times come to end when the threat mentioned in Lordgenome's last words starts to reveal itself.

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    8.5/10(11 votes)

    #18 - Tell Me Why

    S1:E172/7/2014

    Preparations are underway for the Honnouji Academy Cultural & Sports Grand Festival! The school is in a fervor as Ragyo Kiryuin will be attending, but what are her and Satsuki's real intentions for the event?

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    8.3/10(6 votes)

    #19 - Tell Me the Secrets of This World

    S1:E187/29/2007

    After the Anti-Spirals' first attack and Nia's astonishing announcement, Simon looks desperately for her, while Rossiu finally completes his secret project.

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    8.3/10(11 votes)

    #20 - I Said I'm Gonna Pilot That Thing!!

    S1:E24/8/2007

    Now that they've made it to the surface, Simon and Kamina must join together with Yoko and her village to defeat the Beastmen pursuing them.

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    8.2/10(14 votes)

    #21 - If Only I Had Thorns Like A Thistle

    S1:E110/4/2013

    Ryuko Matoi is a vagrant school girl traveling from place to place searching for clues to the truth behind her father's death - the "woman with the scissor blade". The journey leads Ryuko to Honnouji Academy.

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    8.2/10(9 votes)

    #22 - Goodbye Again

    S0:E19/3/2014

    It's graduation at Honnouji Academy, but not everything is as it seems. Ryuko Matoi and the gang must defeat their final enemy.

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    8.2/10(13 votes)

    #23 - Runaway Raccoon

    S1:E14/9/2020

    Fleeing persecution as a beastman, Michiru journeys to Anima-City, where she meets wolf Shirou amidst the celebrations for the city's 10th anniversary.

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    8.2/10(11 votes)

    #24 - I Want to Know More About You

    S1:E1012/6/2013

    The second battle against the Elite Four begins! How will Ryuko defeat Houka Inumuta, who is using the data he’s collected to predict her every move? Watching the action, Mako and her family deal with a few surprises of their own!

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    8.2/10(6 votes)

    #25 - We Will Survive By Any Means Necessary

    S1:E198/5/2007

    To soothe the public opinion, Rossiu overthrows Simon and puts him under arrest. But when the Anti-Spirals launch a large-scale attack on Kamina City, he is left with no option but to let Simon engage the enemy using the Gurren-Lagann, not before resorting to extremes to put him under his control.

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