8.2/105 votes#1 - Thornapple
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 2/25/2024
Maomao was able to stop the assassination attempt, but was heavily injured in the process. However, the injuries aren't enough to stop her curiosity, driving her to confront the culprit behind the incident.
Director: Akira Koremoto
Writer: Misuzu Chiba
8.0/103 votes#2 - Tropical Fish in Boots
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 7/30/2021
The touch pool, where people are invited to touch sea creatures with their own hands, is the biggest event of the summer at Gama Gama Aquarium. Kukuru, Kai, Kuuya and Fuuka are hard at work to prepare.
Director: Yuriko Abe
Writer: Misuzu Chiba
8.0/102 votes#3 - At the End of the Siege
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 9/17/2021
A typhoon approaches as Kukuru locks herself inside Gama Gama to protest its closure.
Director: Yuriko Abe
Writer: Misuzu Chiba
8.0/102 votes#4 - The Great Sea Slug Debate
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 10/15/2021
Kukuru is tasked with coming up with ideas for an event, but her proposal comes with some serious challenges.
Director: Akira Takamura
Writer: Misuzu Chiba
8.0/104 votes#5 - Balsam and Woodsorrel
Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 3/17/2024
No longer willing to keep running away from Lakan, Maomao decides to face off against him. She challenges him on his own turf, in a chess match.
Director: Jun Owada
Writer: Misuzu Chiba
7.7/107 votes#6 - Lead
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 1/28/2024
A shack, a chest of drawers, and a fishbowl are all that a talented metalworker leaves to his three sons upon his death. Maomao is assigned to investigate how these strange inheritances all fit together.
Director: So Toyama
Writer: Misuzu Chiba
7.6/1010 votes#7 - Covert Operations
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 11/5/2023
A eunuch stricken by a curse comes begging for aid. Meanwhile, the rear palace buzzes with excitement as everyone prepares for the upcoming garden party, and Gyokuyou's ladies-in-waiting aren't about to let Maomao get away without dressing her up.
Director: Gaku Shiga
Writer: Misuzu Chiba
7.6/108 votes#8 - Suicide or Murder?
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 12/3/2023
An older acquaintance of Jinshi's dies while drinking at a party. A servant's body turns up in a moat. Both deaths are written off as self-inflicted, but Maomao's keen observations tell her that there's more to both stories.
Director: Akira Koremoto
Writer: Misuzu Chiba
7.5/102 votes#9 - Sweets Rhapsody
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 8/13/2021
Kukuru and the crew brainstorm for ways to attract more visitors to Gama Gama Aquarium. They decide to try selling some sweets.
Director: Yasuyuki Ooishi
Writer: Misuzu Chiba
7.5/102 votes#10 - crab crisis
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 8/27/2021
Karin finds a venue for a traveling aquarium at the pediatrics ward of the local clinic. The head nurse there has a fear of crabs.
Director: Yasuo Fujii
Writer: Misuzu Chiba
7.5/102 votes#11 - Hangout Spot Kuragefuu
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 10/29/2021
It’s been a while since Kukuru and Fuuka had the same day off, so they host a get-together with their coworkers.
Director: Fumihiko Suganuma
Writer: Misuzu Chiba
7.5/102 votes#12 - Ready to Return
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 12/3/2021
Having watched the sea turtle hatchlings, Kukuru returns to Tingarla with a renewed sense of purpose, and resumes work on the wedding venue project.
Director: Chihaya Tanaka
Writer: Misuzu Chiba
7.2/1010 votes#13 - Chilly Apothecary
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 10/22/2023
Maomao tries to settle into her promotion to lady-in-waiting and food taster, but struggles to fend off both boredom and the overly-familiar Jinshi. That is, until she gets an assignment of her dreams: to concoct an aphrodisiac.
Director: Kentarou Fujita
Writer: Misuzu Chiba
7.0/103 votes#14 - Cultural Festival II
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 6/5/2022
During the cultural festival, Izumi-kun and Kamiya-san have a good time chatting as they share library duty. Then Nekozaki suddenly comes along and takes Kamiya-san away to see Shikimori-san. When Kamiya-san hears what Shikimori-san wants from her, she readily agrees. Later, when Kamiya-san returns to her classroom to help with her class's festival project, her elegant look draws a crowd of classmates and guests around her. As she drowns in all the noise, a certain someone suddenly comes to mind, and she breaks away from the classroom.
Director: Kenta Onishi
Writer: Misuzu Chiba
6.9/109 votes#15 - The Eunuch and the Courtesan
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 12/24/2023
Discovering that Maomao's kidnappers were connected to Fengming's family, Jinshi is faced with a choice between keeping Maomao in the rear palace where he can be near her or releasing her from her service.
Director: Mitsuyo Yokono
Writer: Misuzu Chiba
6.7/103 votes#16 - Cultural Festival I
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 5/29/2022
Izumi-kun and his friends are busy getting ready for the school's cultural festival. Izumi-kun is working with the group in charge of making costumes for their class's display, and Shikimori-san is in the group working on decorations. They don't get many chances to talk, and when they each see the other having fun chatting with their groupmates... And then the festival begins at last. Izumi-kun is so busy his head is spinning, and this causes his unlucky nature to awaken yet again. On top of that, he's on duty in the library the next morning. The one on duty with him is Kamiya-san, whom he first met the previous year through the library committee. But she's acting a bit different today...
Director: Kim Seong-min
Writer: Misuzu Chiba
6.3/103 votes#17 - The Desire to Win
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 6/26/2022
Preparations are underway for the school's athletic festival. Izumi-kun was hoping to avoid being placed in the highlight event, the boys and girls mixed relay, but unluckily enough, that's exactly what he's chosen for. But Shikimori-san and all of their friends end up on the relay team with him, so he feels like it'll actually be fun this time. The gang wastes no time starting to practice for the race, but it doesn't go so well for Izumi-kun and Hachimitsu. They refuse to give up, continuing to practice until the day of the festival comes. Hachimitsu seems to be in very low spirits before their event starts...
Director: Takashi Takeuchi
Writer: Misuzu Chiba
6.0/106 votes#18 - Wind and Clouds, Ball Sports Tournament!
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 4/17/2022
It's the day of the school's ball sports tournament. Izumi-kun is playing soccer with the boys, and Shikimori-san is participating in the girls' volleyball match. Izumi-kun knows he can't contribute much, but he plays his hardest anyway. Shikimori-san worries about him, given his natural unluckiness... and surely enough, he gets hit in the face by a soccer ball and blacks out. He ends up in the nurse's office while Shikimori-san looks after him, meaning the two of them are alone. Then Shikimori-san says she's going to stay with him instead of heading back to play in the volleyball match...
Director: Shohei Yamanaka
Writer: Misuzu Chiba
5.6/105 votes#19 - Jolly Times at the River!
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 5/8/2022
Summer break is here at last! Izumi-kun and his friends arrive at the river, where they get started with a barbecue. As they divide up the prep work, everyone suddenly feels very anxious... because Izumi-kun has picked up a kitchen knife! Even Shikimori-san's eyes grow wide... but she's once again charmed by Izumi-kun and his ability to do just about anything. After the barbecue, they all decide to play in the river, but Izumi-kun gets into some trouble...
Director: Takashi Takeuchi
Writer: Misuzu Chiba
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"Thornapple" is the best rated episode written by Misuzu Chiba. It scored 8.2/10 based on 5 votes. It was directed by Akira Koremoto. It aired on 2/25/2024 and is rated 0.2 points higher than their second-best episode, "Tropical Fish in Boots".