9.0/103 votes#1 - Life-or-Death Choices and Family Meetings
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 12/12/2019
With Main collapses, everyone she knows comes together in a bid to save her life. But soon, she is faced with a life-or-death decision, one that she must discuss with her family.
Director: Shigeru Ueda
Writer: Mariko Kunisawa
9.0/102 votes#2 - Blessing
Season 1 Episode 36 - Aired 6/14/2022
To protect her family, Main agrees to be adopted by Sylvester. It is he who enters the cathedral with Sir Karstedt just at the moment when Ferdinand and Sir Bindewald are involved in a fight, but this entire affair will not only have consequences for Main because now Count Bindewald, the bishop, and Delia have to answer for their actions.
Director: Mitsuru Hongo
Writer: Mariko Kunisawa
8.5/103 votes#3 - Dreamlike World
Season 1 Episode 26 - Aired 6/21/2020
Tasked with healing the land ravaged by the trombe, Main has to put on a show. How that will affect the way the onlookers see her is anybody's guess... and so is how the head priest will react.
Director: Yoshiki Kawasaki
Writer: Mariko Kunisawa
8.5/101 votes#4 - The Beginning of Winter
Season 1 Episode 27 - Aired 4/12/2022
Autumn has come to a close. Main starts selling the scripture picture books, gets asked by the apprentice blacksmith Johann to be his patron, and starts taking the next step in her bookmaking endeavors. While this is going on, Main finds out that the guild master of the Ink Guild, Wolf, is trying to get information on her. Benno then proposes an idea to Main and...
Director: Shigeru Ueda
Writer: Mariko Kunisawa
8.3/103 votes#5 - Trombe and Battles
Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired 6/14/2020
Main and the head priest set out to join the knights on a mission to take down a rampage trombe. With this being her first exposure to proper noble society, who knows what perils lie in Main's path?
Director: Shigeru Ueda
Writer: Mariko Kunisawa
8.3/103 votes#6 - Meeting
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 11/7/2019
Lutz and Main prepare for the meeting with Otto. But Otto brings someone with him, turning a casual meeting into an interview that will decide both Lutz and Main's futures.
Director: Takahide Ogata
Writer: Mariko Kunisawa
8.3/103 votes#7 - To the Second Winter
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 12/5/2019
Main learns from Frieda that the illness she has is called the Devouring, and that it will flare up if she ever feels anxiety or loses hope. Almost on cue, her fever starts acting up...
Director: Shigeru Ueda
Writer: Mariko Kunisawa
8.3/103 votes#8 - Baptism and Divine Paradises
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 12/19/2019
The day of Main and Lutz's baptism has arrived. Wearing a fancy dress and a new hair ornament, Main appears a clear standout from the rest of the kids, but soon she loses her way and finds herself in what she sees as heaven on earth.
Director: Takahide Ogata
Writer: Mariko Kunisawa
8.0/103 votes#9 - Forests and Clay Tablets
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/24/2019
Spring has arrived, and Main is raring to go make clay tablets in the forest. But first, she must convince her family that she can handle the journey.
Director: Shigeru Ueda
Writer: Mariko Kunisawa
8.0/103 votes#10 - Seeds of Suspicion
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 11/14/2019
With the paper-making process about to begin, Main can't hide her excitement as she and Lutz go to meet Benno as per his invitation. He reveals that he is willing to arrange for all the equipment and materials they need to make paper, but the ensuing conversation makes Lutz see Main in a very different light.
Director: Chikayo Nakamura
Writer: Mariko Kunisawa
8.0/103 votes#11 - Needs
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 4/19/2020
With Fran now fully on her team, Main must then get to work on winning Gil and Delia over.
Director: Shigeru Ueda
Writer: Mariko Kunisawa
8.0/102 votes#12 - The Dedication Ceremony and Spring Arrives
Season 1 Episode 29 - Aired 4/26/2022
The knight Damuel has become Main's bodyguard. Now that she's able to go places, Main is excited about going to the library. They hold the Dedication Ceremony where she offers her mana into small holy grails. That was quite tiring for her, but she still goes back into town to see how Johann is doing with her order. Her passion for books just doesn't top. Spring is drawing closer, and Main can't wait to go back to her family, but then she receives some devastating news.
Director: Shinpei Matsuo
Writer: Mariko Kunisawa
8.0/101 votes#13 - Following a Narrow Path
Season 5 Episode 9 - Aired 12/7/2016
The episode starts with Natsume being chased by a hairy youkai. He comes across a tiny mushroom youkai who tells him about a noble youkai named Shuon who was on a journey. Natsume helps the little youkai prepare for his meeting with the noble youkai. When they meet, however, the noble youkai warns the mushroom youkai that the path he takes is a narrow one and asks the little youkai to go back home. But then the little youkai realizes he need to become worthy in order to follow him. Another youkai, who appears to be one of the noble youkai followers, appears and gives a book to the mushroom youkai and tells him to complete the training to join Shoun-sama.
Director: N/A
Writer: Mariko Kunisawa
7.8/104 votes#14 - The Events of Winter
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/17/2019
While everyone is snowed in by the harsh winter, Main has a plan: a plan to craft pseudo-papyrus as the first step towards making a book. Meanwhile, Eva teaches Turi a bunch of skills in order to prepare her for her upcoming baptism in the summer. Main is told to think about where she wants to apprentice, but as always, books are the only thing on her mind. As winter rolls on, however, the family bonds and grows closer together, and Main hits upon the perfect gift to give Turi to wear on her baptism day.
Director: Takahide Ogata
Writer: Mariko Kunisawa
7.7/103 votes#15 - The Guild Master's Granddaughter
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 11/28/2019
Benno looks to have Main and Lutz registered with the Merchant Guild, but the guild master proves to be an obstacle. This results in them making plans to meet Frieda, his granddaughter.
Director: Takahide Ogata
Writer: Mariko Kunisawa
7.7/103 votes#16 - Apprentice Priestess
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 4/5/2020
Main is now an apprentice priestess at the cathedral. How will she adapt to a new life in new surroundings, and how will they react to her?
Director: Takahide Ogata
Writer: Mariko Kunisawa
7.7/103 votes#17 - Wilma and Holy Scriptures for Kids
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 5/24/2020
With the picture-book production in full sway, Main must navigate several hurdles regarding the process and, more pressingly, Wilma's condition.
Director: Shigeru Ueda
Writer: Mariko Kunisawa
7.7/103 votes#18 - Blue Robes and Uncommon Sense
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 4/12/2020
The stark contrast of the values at the church compared to life downtown continues to bewilder Main, as she butts heads with her retainers and her expected duties at the church.
Director: Shigeru Ueda
Writer: Mariko Kunisawa
7.7/103 votes#19 - Orphanage Reforms
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 4/26/2020
Main is taken to the orphanage and collapses in shock when she sees the state it and its inhabitants are in. She wants to help the kids, but will she really be able to?
Director: Takahide Ogata
Writer: Mariko Kunisawa
7.7/103 votes#20 - Cleanups and Star Festivals
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 5/3/2020
As newly appointed orphanage director, Main's first task is to lead a major cleanup of the orphanage and its inhabitants. And as summer comes around, she also has some festivities in mind.
Director: Chikayo Nakamura
Writer: Mariko Kunisawa
7.7/103 votes#21 - Knight Orders and Requests
Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 6/7/2020
Main has to break the news to her family that she has to stay in the cathedral over winter. Meanwhile, the request from the knight order looms large over the horizon.
Director: Takahide Ogata
Writer: Mariko Kunisawa
7.5/104 votes#22 - Life Improvements and Slates
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 10/10/2019
Having learned how expensive books are in this world, Main resolves to make books of her own. However, she soon finds out just how frail her new body is when she and her elder sister, Turi, decide to go to the gate to deliver something their father forgot—she can hardly take a few steps before running out of breath. But that's when Lutz, a neighborhood kid the same age as Main, offers his help. Main is touched by this and soon makes it to the gate. There, Otto gives her his old slate, letting her experience the joy of writing once again
Director: Yoshiki Kawasaki
Writer: Mariko Kunisawa
7.5/102 votes#23 - Gift From the Blue-Robed Priest and Going Home
Season 1 Episode 31 - Aired 5/10/2022
With the Spring Prayer finished, Main and the others returned to the cathedral. Sylvester appoints Main as his guide to show him around the orphanage and workshop, where they observe how the scripture picture books are made. As he leaves, Sylvester gives Main a necklace with a black stone, saying it's a protection charm just in case anything were to happen. Meanwhile, Ferdinand, who had also witnessed the books being made, tells Main's method of making books will change history and how dangerous that may be.
Director: Shigeru Ueda
Writer: Mariko Kunisawa
7.5/102 votes#24 - Delia and Dirk
Season 1 Episode 33 - Aired 5/24/2022
Dirk suddenly develops a high fever. Delia, who adored Dirk, and started to see him as her own family, was worried sick. Main sees his symptoms and realizes that he may have the Devouring. After talking to Ferdinand, they decide to raise him without letting others know that he has the Devouring. Meanwhile, Main continues her colored-ink experiments with Heidi as she helped out with taking care of Dirk at the cathedral, but...
Director: Shinpei Matsuo
Writer: Mariko Kunisawa
7.5/102 votes#25 - The Black Protective Charm
Season 1 Episode 35 - Aired 6/7/2022
Because of the lack of caution exercised by one of the gate guards, the carriage with the noble from another domain has entered the city. Gunther finds out that Main is being targeted and gets worked up over protecting Main. But then, Main is attacked by some mysterious men. Main believes what Sylvester told her and presses her blood seal upon the black charm he gave her. But then, Main's attackers become even more aggressive. Finally, the high priest's true intentions and his plans with Dirk are revealed.
Director: Shigeru Ueda
Writer: Mariko Kunisawa
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"Life-or-Death Choices and Family Meetings" is the best rated episode written by Mariko Kunisawa. It scored 9/10 based on 3 votes. It was directed by Shigeru Ueda. It aired on 12/12/2019 and is rated 0.0 points higher than their second-best episode, "Blessing".