9.1/1015 votes#1 - Wake Up and Take a Step
Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 12/20/2021
Rudeus sinks into depression following Eris's departure. As he struggles to get back on his feet, the many people he's met continue their own journeys.
Director: Chihiro Kumano
Writer: Muneo Nakamoto
9.1/109 votes#2 - In the Far North
Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 10/13/2019
Six months have passed since the fierce battle against Administrator. Alice has brought Kirito to her childhood home, Rulid Village, where they live peacefully. Gazing out at the world that she saved with Kirito, Alice reflects on all that’s happened.
Director: Takashi Sakuma
Writer: Muneo Nakamoto
9.0/101 votes#3 - After School
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 4/5/2014
Raku finds the photo that was taken ten years ago. It's the photo of Raku and the girl he made a promise with. The girl turns out to be…
Director: Taro Kubo
Writer: Muneo Nakamoto
9.0/101 votes#4 - Mother
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 5/1/2015
Raku is working extra hard as Ms. Hana's secretary in order to give her some time to spend Christmas Eve with Chitoge. However, is Ms. Hana really interested in getting together with her daughter?
Director: Taro Kubo
Writer: Muneo Nakamoto
8.9/107 votes#5 - Taboo Index
Season 3 Episode 10 - Aired 12/9/2018
Ronie and Tiese are late getting to the dorm. Kirito rushes out in search of them, but no sooner has he gone than Frenica appears. She tells Eugeo about how she's suffered at Humbert's hands, and that Tiese and Ronie went to confront him about it.
Director: Shunsuke Nakashige
Writer: Muneo Nakamoto
8.8/1017 votes#6 - Reunion
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 11/8/2021
In the aftermath of their disastrous reunion, Paul and Rudeus reflect on their actions and look for a way forward.
Director: Hiroyuki Takashima
Writer: Muneo Nakamoto
8.8/108 votes#7 - Ray of Light
Season 4 Episode 12 - Aired 12/29/2019
Due to Gabriel's scheme, U.S. players were given black knight accounts, and are now continuously logging in to the Underworld. They begin mercilessly slaughtering soldiers from both the Human Empire Army and the Dark Territory Army.
Director: Shunsuke Nakashige
Writer: Muneo Nakamoto
8.8/106 votes#8 - Memories
Season 4 Episode 18 - Aired 8/16/2020
Sinon manages to severely damage Gabriel, but her strength has been sapped. Leafa collapses after wiping out the American players. And Asuna, her situation now hopeless, gazes at Kirito. But the Black Swordsman continues to wander through his dreams.
Director: Yuya Horiuchi
Writer: Muneo Nakamoto
8.6/108 votes#9 - Raids
Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 10/20/2019
A force from the Dark Territory is attacking Rulid Village. Though she’d lost her purpose in battle, in order to fight for her family, and for the people that Kirito and Eugeo tried to protect, Alice takes up the Osmanthus Blade once again!
Director: Takehiro Miura
Writer: Muneo Nakamoto
8.6/105 votes#10 - New World
Season 4 Episode 23 - Aired 9/20/2020
Rinko informs Kazuto that Alice is missing. He’s about to rush to the Rath Roppongi branch when the doorbell rings. In a panic, Kazuto throws open the door, only to find a deliveryman there with a huge cardboard box.
Director: Takashi Sakuma
Writer: Muneo Nakamoto
8.5/106 votes#11 - Blood and Life
Season 4 Episode 8 - Aired 12/1/2019
The powerful formal art unleashed by the Integrity Knight Alice inflicts severe casualties on the forces of darkness. Alice encounters an enemy survivor and learns that Emperor Vecta's objective is to find the "Priestess of Light."
Director: Shunsuke Nakashige
Writer: Muneo Nakamoto
8.4/107 votes#12 - The Night-Sky Blade
Season 4 Episode 20 - Aired 8/30/2020
Alice and Asuna head to the World’s End Altar as Kirito confronts Gabriel. Unless he can defeat Gabriel and return to the real world before the maximum-acceleration phase begins, Kirito will have to spend the next 200 years in the Underworld.
Director: Masakazu Obara
Writer: Muneo Nakamoto
8.3/1019 votes#13 - Children and Warriors
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 3/22/2021
With their new money-making scheme in place, Dead End head out to track down a mysterious monster. Unfortunately, the job doesn’t go as smoothly as they hope, and Rudy’s plans may turn out to be a lot less safe than he thought.
Director: Shingo Fujii
Writer: Muneo Nakamoto
8.2/105 votes#14 - Visitor Arc VII
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 11/15/2020
Colonel Balance orders Lina to capture the caster who was behind Scorched Halloween. Balance gives Lina a custom-made device called "the Brionac" which converts Strategic-Class magic into a beam of high-energy plasma.
Director: N/A
Writer: Muneo Nakamoto
8.2/1016 votes#15 - Beater
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 7/15/2012
It’s been one month since the players have been locked in the game. 2000 people have died; the first floor hasn’t been cleared yet.
Director: N/A
Writer: Muneo Nakamoto
8.2/1012 votes#16 - The Blue-Eyed Demon
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 9/2/2012
To save a group of players and Asuna from a Boss character, Kirito is forced to play his trump card.
Director: Koichi Kikuta
Writer: Muneo Nakamoto
8.2/106 votes#17 - The Relentless Knight
Season 3 Episode 15 - Aired 1/20/2019
Kirito and Eugeo are on their way up the stairs of the Central Cathedral when they encounter two girls named Linel and Fizel. As they stand, wondering what two children are doing there, they let their guard down and...
Director: Daige Tokuda
Writer: Muneo Nakamoto
8.2/106 votes#18 - The Osmanthus Knight
Season 3 Episode 16 - Aired 1/27/2019
Though riddled with wounds, Kirito manages to activate his Perfect Weapon Control art. Continuing on their way to the top floor of the Central Cathedral, Kirito and Eugeo find themselves standing before a strange-looking floating platform.
Director: N/A
Writer: Muneo Nakamoto
8.2/106 votes#19 - Alice
Season 4 Episode 22 - Aired 9/13/2020
The “Rath Attack Incident,” masterminded by the American National Security Agency, is over. Now head of the newly formed Oceanic Resource Exploration & Research Institution, Rinko unveils Alice to the world as an authentic artificial general intelligence.
Director: Akira Yamada
Writer: Muneo Nakamoto
8.1/108 votes#20 - The Final Load Test
Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 10/27/2019
The mysterious group that attacked the Ocean Turtle turns out to be a secret unit under orders from the U.S. National Security Agency. And its leader, Gabriel, has battled Kirito and Sinon before.
Director: Hiroshi Kimura
Writer: Muneo Nakamoto
8.0/106 votes#21 - Visitor Arc IV
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 10/25/2020
It turns out that the masked magician that engaged in a sword fight with Erika was Lina. With her identity blown, Lina uses the Parade spell to attack Tatsuya. Tatsuya attempts to disable the Parade spell by dismantling it but fails.
Director: N/A
Writer: Muneo Nakamoto
8.0/101 votes#22 - Encounter
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 1/18/2014
In order to settle the feud between their families' gangs, Raku and Chitoge act lovey-dovey towards each other. The next day, Chitoge and Raku go on a date, which is heavily supervised by the gangs, but they drive each other nuts on typical activities. At a park, Chitoge heads to a restroom where she overhears her gang acting suspicious over the relationship. Raku wishes he were on a date with Kosaki instead when she suddenly appears. Chitoge returns and tells Kosaki that she and Raku are a couple.
Director: Naoyuki Tatsuwa
Writer: Muneo Nakamoto
8.0/101 votes#23 - Rival
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 2/22/2014
A new transfer student arrives at the school. The girls fall in love with him, while the boys can't help having feelings of jealousy. It turns out that the new student is an old friend of Chitoge. Will Raku be able to handle having a rival?
Director: Yukihiro Miyamoto
Writer: Muneo Nakamoto
8.0/101 votes#24 - Lottery
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 3/15/2014
The students are holding their annual Test of Courage. There is a lottery, and the boys and girls are pairing up and holding hands. Raku wants to get paired up with Onodera more than anything, but Chitoge has gone missing in the woods in a ghost costume!
Director: N/A
Writer: Muneo Nakamoto
8.0/101 votes#25 - The Play
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 5/17/2014
Due to Chitoge's refusal of accepting the role in their play, Kosaki steps in and takes the role as Juliet with Raku as Romeo. Whilst in the midst of rehearsals, Raku and Chitoge gets into a heated argument over their fake relationship. As Raku vehemently states how dysfunctional things are between them and is considering to end their ties, Chitoge slaps Raku out of indignation. On the day of their play, Kosaki gets injured after rescuing a fellow classmate from a fall. With no one else to take over Kosaki in her role as Juliet, Raku approaches Chitoge and convinces her to take the part. After Raku apologizes and admits he doesn't despise Chitoge as the latter had presumed, Chitoge leans unto Raku and accepts the role as his Juliet.
Director: Kazuki Ohashi
Writer: Muneo Nakamoto
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"Wake Up and Take a Step" is the best rated episode written by Muneo Nakamoto. It scored 9.133/10 based on 15 votes. It was directed by Chihiro Kumano. It aired on 12/20/2021 and is rated 0.0 points higher than their second-best episode, "In the Far North".