10.0/101 votes#1 - DEFEND
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 1/12/2025
The prophet of the Last Town, Elder Baobab, decides that Natsuko should join the Nine Soldiers, but her and Luke are at odds. Natsuko tries to figure out a way back home, but then remembers what happens next in "A Tale of Perishing" and realizes everyone's in danger again.
Director: Ai Kondo
Writer: Kimiko Ueno
9.5/104 votes#2 - Who Says You're Cute
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 11/3/2024
Akane gets caught up in Ryoga and Ranma's fight and ends up with a shocking new appearance. Ranma, worried, abandons the battle and goes after her.
Director: Taro Kubo
Writer: Kimiko Ueno
9.5/102 votes#3 - You I Love
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 12/15/2024
Ranma learns that defeating a Chinese Amazon has messy consequences. P-chan gets served up for dinner, triggering a fight between Shampoo and Akane.
Director: Tokio Igarashi
Writer: Kimiko Ueno
9.3/103 votes#4 - Because There's Someone He Likes
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/20/2024
To Ranma's horror, Kuno falls head-over-heels for Ranma's female form and starts a relentless pursuit. Meanwhile, Akane deals with unrequited feelings.
Director: Tadahito Matsubayashi
Writer: Kimiko Ueno
9.0/102 votes#5 - There's Always Tomorrow, Baby
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 3/8/2014
Dandy and the gang get stuck in a time loop.
Director: Masayuki Miyaji
Writer: Kimiko Ueno
9.0/101 votes#6 - Nobody Knows the Chameleon Alien, Baby
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 3/22/2014
Dandy catches an alien that can mimic any creature's appearance. It starts copying Dandy, and then suffers an identity crisis.
Director: Satoshi Saga
Writer: Kimiko Ueno
9.0/106 votes#7 - Episode 12: Red Dragon II
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 3/21/2024
A desperate search within the dragon's stomach leads to a gruesome discovery, revealing that resurrection magic alone won't be enough to restore Falin.
Director: Chigusa Kiyota
Writer: Kimiko Ueno
9.0/103 votes#8 - I Hate Men!
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 10/13/2024
On Ranma's first day at Furinkan High School, a group of boys — including the sophomore Kuno — ambushes Akane at the school's entrance.
Director: Nobuyoshi Arai
Writer: Kimiko Ueno
9.0/103 votes#9 - Shampoo Cleans Up
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 12/22/2024
Shampoo's shiatsu technique and magic hair wash have erased Akane's memory of Ranma. The Chinese Amazon offers a cure — but she has an impossible request.
Director: Yohji Satoh
Writer: Kimiko Ueno
8.7/106 votes#10 - Episode 9: Tentacles/Stew
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 2/29/2024
The smell of meat lures in uninvited guests — among them, a familiar face emerges. To move forward, they must work together to defeat the Undine.
Director: Noboru Furukawa
Writer: Kimiko Ueno
8.6/109 votes#11 - Episode 4: Stewed Cabbage/Orcs
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 1/25/2024
Reaching the third level of the dungeon, Senshi leads the crew to his secret vegetable garden. Later, they are accosted by a band of angry, desperate orcs.
Director: Yuki Kono
Writer: Kimiko Ueno
8.5/104 votes#12 - Episode 1
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 5/27/2021
A millennium after humans vanished from Earth, two farming robots find a little human girl and start to take care of her, at great risk to themselves.
Director: Yasuhiro Irie
Writer: Kimiko Ueno
8.5/104 votes#13 - The Hunter
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/27/2024
A mysterious martial artist arrives at Furinkan High looking to settle a score with Ranma. Later, the school becomes a battlefield.
Director: Parako Shinohara
Writer: Kimiko Ueno
8.0/103 votes#14 - Sometimes You Can't Live with Dying, Baby
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 1/25/2014
Meow is bitten by an alien and turns into a brain-eating zombie.
Director: Ikuro Sato
Writer: Kimiko Ueno
8.0/102 votes#15 - A Race in Space Is Dangerous, Baby
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 2/15/2014
Hoping to impress the ladies at Boobies, the Aloha Oe crew enter a galactic grand prix against its glamorous reigning champion Prince, his state-of-the-art robot Z, and his rat-like alien lawyer Squeak.
Director: So Toyama
Writer: Kimiko Ueno
7.9/1012 votes#16 - Episode 1: Hot Pot/Tart
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 1/4/2024
After a crushing loss, Laios, Marcille, and Chilchuck quickly reenter the dungeon to save Falin, but this time, they have a foolproof survival plan.
Director: Hideyuki Satake
Writer: Kimiko Ueno
7.8/106 votes#17 - Episode 18: Shapeshifter
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 5/2/2024
While in pursuit of Falin, Laios and crew seek shelter from a blizzard but are overrun by Shapeshifter copies of themselves. How will they spot the fakes?
Director: Takumi Narita
Writer: Kimiko Ueno
7.7/106 votes#18 - Don't Stop Me Now
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 1/23/2017
Akko starts flying lessons using a broom that Professor Ursula gives her, but she struggles -- and the Academy's broom relay race is coming up.
Director: Keisuke Shinohara
Writer: Kimiko Ueno
7.7/106 votes#19 - Akko's Adventure in Sucyworld
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 2/26/2017
After drinking an experimental brew, Sucy falls into a deep sleep and won't wake up. To save her, Lotte sends Akko into Sucy's mushroom-filled dream.
Director: Masato Nakazono
Writer: Kimiko Ueno
7.5/102 votes#20 - Wander in the Labyrinth
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 1/18/2024
Rouge and Naomi take a bus across Mars in search of the next Immortal Nine member. Suddenly a convoy of armed vehicles attacks the bus. They turn out to be a force of mercenaries targeting Rouge. The bus escapes into a forest, but breaks down...
Director: Katsuya Shigehara
Writer: Kimiko Ueno
7.5/102 votes#21 - Nameless Guest
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 2/15/2024
A murder occurs on the ship carrying Rouge and Naomi. The killer is captured by a surveillance camera, but another camera shows the same person elsewhere at the same time. Then another murder occurs, and the killer on camera looks like Naomi...
Director: Daisuke Chiba
Writer: Kimiko Ueno
7.4/107 votes#22 - Orange Submariner
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 2/19/2017
Akko gets serious about studying but can't master the basics, even with Professor Ursula's help. She flubs test after test, risking her enrollment.
Director: Hideyuki Satake
Writer: Kimiko Ueno
7.4/105 votes#23 - Episode 21: Egg/The Golden Country
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 5/23/2024
With the dungeon's fate hanging in the balance, Kabru negotiates with the elves. Meanwhile, a ghost drags Laios and crew into the cursed Golden Country.
Director: Aya Ikeda
Writer: Kimiko Ueno
7.4/107 votes#24 - Here's Ranma
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 10/6/2024
Tendo Dojo master Soun eagerly awaits the arrival of his old friend Genma Saotome and Genma's son Ranma. Instead, a teen girl and a giant panda show up.
Director: Konosuke Uda
Writer: Kimiko Ueno
7.3/103 votes#25 - Occasionally Even the Deceiver Is Deceived, Baby
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 1/18/2014
Dandy's ship crashes on an unknown planet, where he meets a beautiful young woman. But she is not what she appears.
Director: Hiroshi Hamasaki
Writer: Kimiko Ueno
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"DEFEND" is the best rated episode written by Kimiko Ueno. It scored 10/10 based on 1 votes. It was directed by Ai Kondo. It aired on 1/12/2025 and is rated 0.5 points higher than their second-best episode, "Who Says You're Cute".