The Best Episodes Written By Michiko Yokote

#1 - Am I... Pretty? Ranma's Declaration of Womanhood

Season 1 Episode 49 - Aired 6/15/1990

After a nasty blow to the head, Ranma wakes up believing he's a girl. No more martial arts for her, it's flower arrangement and tea ceremony from now on...

Director: Kazuhiro Furuhashi

Writer: Michiko Yokote

#2 - Traitor

Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 11/18/2015

Sougetsu summons Ikaruga to speak with her about her family... and shows her one picture. In this picture is a dark elf cell, otherwise known as the "Lost Matrix." When Takeru asks her why she's late to their meeting, she answers, "I could tell you... but I don't think you could handle the truth

Director: Tomoyuki Kawamura

Writer: Michiko Yokote

#3 - Two Alchemists

Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/25/2015

Dark Elves are mythical creatures who can suck up magic just like breathing air. Resurrecting these Dark Elves... was Isuka's mission. Ikaruga rushes back to Isuka to stop her. She only has two wishes: stop the Dark Elf restoration, and to save her former friend and "family," Isuka! Meanwhile, Takeru finally awakens from the sedative Ikaruga fed him and meets up with Ouka and the girls, now freed. They head towards Ikaruga with over a hundred Dragoons in tow...

Director: Tomoyuki Kawamura

Writer: Michiko Yokote

#4 - I HATE YOU and I LOVE YOU

Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 10/6/2024

Puniru follows Kotaro to school to take him something he forgot, but they end up getting into a fight. Puniru turns into an idol to get Kotaro to admit she’s cute. Kotaro tries to enlist Puniru’s help in winning the affections of his crush, Kirara-senpai.

Director: Yuushi Ibe

Writer: Michiko Yokote

#5 - Alice in Kyuthi Land

Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/27/2024

Alice, granddaughter to the president of the toy company that made Kyuthi-chan, challenges Puniru to see whether she or a character Alice created is more adorable—and you could say the competition gets blown into gigantic proportions!

Director: Mayo Nozaki

Writer: Michiko Yokote

#6 - Episode 6

Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 11/10/2024

Director: Mitsuyo Yokono

Writer: Michiko Yokote

#7 - Episode 10

Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 12/8/2024

Director: Minami Honma

Writer: Michiko Yokote

#8 - Episode 11

Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 12/15/2024

Director: Mayo Nozaki

Writer: Michiko Yokote

#9 - You Can't Judge a Movie by Its Title

Season 1 Episode 41 - Aired 2/1/2007

Dissatisfies with Gintoki's reaction to Kagura's departure, Shinpachi quits and goes after Kagura.

Director: Shinji Takamatsu

Writer: Michiko Yokote

#10 - In Those Situations, Keep Quiet and Cook Red Rice With Beans

Season 2 Episode 27 - Aired 10/4/2007

Otae's childhood friend, Kyubei Yagyu appears and takes Otae back to fufil her childhood promise.

Director: Shinji Takamatsu

Writer: Michiko Yokote

#11 - Pinky Swear

Season 6 Episode 8 - Aired 1/31/2013

Just when it looks like all is lost, the Shinsengumi and Mimawarigumi arrive to lend their aid to our heroes. Sadasada attempts to escape but Gintoki is hot in pursuit.

Director: Yasuhiro Minami

Writer: Michiko Yokote

#12 - A Mighty Spurt

Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 7/25/2015

With Meiko’s attention divided between two groups, Kiyoshi is able to widen the escape hole enough to let him through in time for his date. An already-suspicious Shingo gets an eyeful of more than he bargained for.

Director: Hideaki Kurakawa

Writer: Michiko Yokote

#13 - You're Old Now

Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 7/16/2016

Arata receives a grim reminder of his physical age during athletic testing.

Director: Hiroyuki Okuno

Writer: Michiko Yokote

#14 - Fall

Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 7/23/2016

Rena Kariu is thrown for a loop by what she thinks is Chizuru's spiteful behavior toward her.

Director: Katsuhiko Bizen

Writer: Michiko Yokote

#15 - Overlap

Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 7/30/2016

Things come to a head between Rena and Chizuru, which reminds Arata about a traumatic experience in his past.

Director: Toru Takahashi

Writer: Michiko Yokote

#16 - This Isn't the First Time

Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 8/6/2016

An Onoya and Kazuomi Ooga suddenly visit Arata for a study session, after which An puts the moves on Arata?!

Director: Toshiaki Kanbara

Writer: Michiko Yokote

#17 - A Trip to the Past

Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 9/10/2016

Arata decides to visit a grave and ends up taking a trip down memory lane.

Director: Makoto Nakata

Writer: Michiko Yokote

#18 - I've Turned Into Her!

Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 4/12/2015

Yamada Ryu, a second year student who attends the prestigious Suzaku Private High School, is a problem child who comes to school late and leaves early, is prone to fighting all over the place, and even nods off in class. One day, he falls down the stairs with the honor student Shiraishi Urara. They faint, and when he wakes up in the infirmary he's turned into her!

Director: Seiki Takuno

Writer: Michiko Yokote

#19 - Kiss Me, Okay?

Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 4/19/2015

Ito Miyabi, who loves supernatural phenomena, appears just as Yamada, Urara, and Miyamura restart Supernatural Studies Club activities. Miyabi shows off her supernatural paraphernalia so proudly that Yamada and the others can't tell her the truth: that they only want to use the clubroom to kiss.

Director: Seiki Takuno

Writer: Michiko Yokote

#20 - Will You Accept? Or Won't You?

Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 4/26/2015

"They won't give us a club budget?" Miyabi is unhappy the Supernatural Studies Club can't move forward with their research because the student council won't give them funding. Yamada isn't interested initially, but quickly changes his mind once he learns he could buy a microwave to warm up his beloved yakisoba bread.

Director: Seiki Takuno

Writer: Michiko Yokote

#21 - It Looks Like I’ve Fallen for Yamada!

Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 5/3/2015

"We're going on the school camping trip today, huh?" Yamada is less than thrilled, but gets his fill of all he wants to do after switching bodies with Urara and thinks, "Looks like this'll be sorta fun now!" However, Urara has never really fit in with the other girls.

Director: Seiki Takuno

Writer: Michiko Yokote

#22 - You Mustn't Kiss Her, Okay?

Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 5/10/2015

"Keep this a secret from Shiraishi!" Just as Yamada decides to keep the fact his kiss' power has changed to "Charm" a secret from Urara, she urges him to switch bodies. He'd better go see Odagiri Nene and get his power back to normal in a hurry! Elsewhere, Nene is irritated that Yamada hasn't become charmed by her kiss and shown up like he's supposed to.

Director: Seiki Takuno

Writer: Michiko Yokote

#23 - Respond!

Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 5/17/2015

"It's summer! It's the beach! It's a summer retreat!" The Supernatural Studies Club holds a summer retreat at the club house to find volume two of the notebook containing the legend of the witches, but Yamada's spirits plummet as he is forced to take supplementary lessons and exams with Otsuka Meiko, Tsurukawa Hideaki, and Kameda Mitsuru from the Manga Research Club.

Director: Seiki Takuno

Writer: Michiko Yokote

#24 - Anything But Tempura!

Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 5/24/2015

Yamada begins searching for the witches and visits the home of the fourth witch, Sarushima Maria, who is a shut-in taking a break from school. When they're alone, she tells him that her power is to see the future of the person she kisses.

Director: Seiki Takuno

Writer: Michiko Yokote

#25 - Be Sure to Change the Future

Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 6/7/2015

Suzaku Fest is here! Thanks to copying Maria's power to predict the future, Yamada's fortunes guaranteed to strike home make the Supernatural Studies Club's yakisoba bread shop a huge success. Meanwhile, Maria confides in Yamada and tells him she wants to erase her witch power. "I want to kiss and fall in love like a normal person."

Director: Seiki Takuno

Writer: Michiko Yokote